Aikido Shomenuchi (Nishio Aikido Volume 3)
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Aikido Yoshinkan DVD 3:
Nishio Aikido Volume 1, Gyakuhanmi Katatedori:
Nishio Aikido Volume 2, Aihanmi Katatedori:
Nishio Aikido Volume 3, Shomenuchi:
Nishio Aikido Volume 4, Shomenuchi 2:
Nishio Aikido Volume 5, Yokomenuchi:
Nishio Aikido Volume 6, Ryotedori, Sodedori:
Morihei Ueshiba And Aikido Documentary Aiki Budo:
Shomenuchi is a strike to the top of tori's head, with the ridge of the hand. It is done as a symbol of a sword attack, where the hand is tegatana (hand sword) with the hand ridge as the sword's edge. The relation to tori is of aihanmi nature, so that both have the right or the left foot forward, in the basic form. Also, uke has the same foot forward as the striking hand.
In the shomenuchi strike, it is recommendable to hold the other hand slightly behind the striking one, so as to resemble the two-hand swordgrip. This also helps you to remain centered through the attack. The strike should be done with the whole arm, in the unbendable arm extension, and not just the forearm - again, to resemble the sword cut.
Lift the hand to above your head, like the jodan kamae position with the sword, before the strike, but don't do that before advancing toward tori. To advance in a jodan kamae position gives less protection than to do so in chudan kamae (in front of your center). You raise the hand at the end of your final step toward tori, so that the strike follows almost immediately.
Don't relax the striking hand, but stiffen it - especially the little finger, so that the hand ridge muscle hardens. Otherwise the hand is quite fragile in such a strike. Remeber also to approach to actual striking distance. Tori cannot learn timing and distance properly, if the strike is done too far away, where it would not reach tori even if he or she remained at the spot.
I have noticed that many aikidoka shift front hand in their shomenuchi attack, so that they start with one hand in front but do the strike with the other. This is simply not possible when you hold a sword - you would just strike yourself with it (try it, if you don't believe me). Therefore, I strongly recommend that you keep the same hand forward through the attack. If you begin with your right hand forward, then that is the hand you strike with.
Of course, the shomenuchi attack has no meaning when done with an unarmed hand. The head is hard, especially at the forehead, so there are not many tegatana that can hit it without more damage being done to the hand than to tori's head. This is simply a way of training aikido against the sword attack, or any other armed attack to the head from above, in a safe way.
Spriggan - 橋本 晋治 Shinji Hashimoto
Key Animator: 橋本 晋治 Shinji Hashimoto
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