Aikido: 'Axis of Action'. Christian Tissier Shihan

Captions available. Christian Tissier Shihan talks about the "common axis" around which techniques evolve, with Tenchi nage 00:14, Kote gaeshi 02:37, and Ikkyo 07:32 used as examples. Filmed at the Medway Park Judo Centre in 2014.

00:00 Introduction
00:13 Tenchi nage from Ryote dori
02:25 Kote gaeshi 1/3 from Ai hanmi Katate dori
03:36 Kote gaeshi 2/3
04:17 Kote gaeshi 3/3
05:13 Kote gaeshi grab exercise
07:33 Ikkyo omote 1/3 from Katate dori
08:40 Ikkyo omote 2/3
09:50 Ikkyo omote 3/3
12:40 Connection with "Limit" principle
13:33 Acknowledgements
13:45 Aikido Study Principles

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[hossein]

I wish we had more people like him in the Aikiuniverse. he is so knowledgeable and not holding back. God loves him. and thank you for posting.

[lordbyron]

Beautiful movements. How lucky I am to receive his teachings thousands of miles away. Thank you for uploading.

[santiagoestevez]

The best video of Sensei Tissier.... Really thanks. Santiago from Venezuela

[mountaingoattaichi]

Great video. I must have watched this 10 times. I love the nuanced movement.

[musickabiblioteka]

I don't know any Japanese instructor who can teach and do aikido better than Tissier shihan. Instead of boring, useless techniques, he teachs aikido in a very realistic yet understandable manner.

[iosor]

Great way of teaching, i thing one of the best teaching video.Thanks for uploading.

[udjste]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful video!!!

[mydaughter]

thanks for this video, my daughter will love to learn

[luisperez]

Greetings from México by an aikido student!!! :)

[hnolsoe]

For me the interesting thing about Christian Tissier is that he often talkes about the role of Uke and makes the point that Uke should not just be a mindless dummy while attacking - this is the primary issue with most Aikido. There must be an intelligent interaction between Uke and Nage for any real benefit to come of Aikido practice. The "Axis of action" is basically the joint center (of gravity) when Uke and Nage connect and this idea should be studied very carefully if you plan on using the principles of ying and yang in your Aikido. To study this "Axis of action" in more depth I would suggest watching Henry Kono because his Aikido was based only on this joint center and he was a master at this art.

[brunesi]

contrats on 120fps or whatever it is... very nice vid!...

[StevenRayW]

The problem with modern Aikido is that most practitioners are only aware of circular motions that are big and obvious, but not the ones that are small and subtle -- like the techniques found in Aikijujitsu.

[miguellanzagorta]

This is not axial force, it is radial force, the axial one goes from head to toe, the radial goes around the torso

[kingpopaul]

Not a big fan of what was shown, using to hand to perform some techniques and often leaving yourself open is impractical. Instead one hand should be used solely to apply the technique and the other should be ready to block/ land an atemi or distract the opponent in the early stage. After that the technique should be applied with both hands. That is what we are shown in our dojo. Though the concepts exposed here are really usefull.

[workdays]

Good for looks . Maybe he can get a job on the movies like steaven sulgul

[khyachangrang]

People who criticise christian tissier and its principles and techniques, I say they are bullshit they even don't know the principles and philosophy of their present practising marshalarts, I can only say in one words they should go and collect pistol, revolver, and rifles, they aren't even fit to be conceded as marshalartist.

[JustMe-vzwd]

Tissier is highly overrated. He is a talker but yet he never talks about the fundamentals of aikido. Does he ever talk and explain AIKI or KOKYU or BLENDING? no. mostly it is talking about how to hold and what to do with your hands. "The axis of action" ? its another teacher making up his own concepts instead of transmitting the real recipe of Aikido.

Oh man this is just terrible, I mean all aikido is pretty bad but this is even worse!