aikiken practice in aikido
Aiki-ken Practice
Much of aiki-ken bears little similarity to other modern sword arts. Rather than learning to "fight" with swords, the primary purpose of aiki-ken is to magnify errors in one's aikido technique, and to give the student an opportunity to apply the principles of aikido in different situations. Aiki-ken is practiced using bokken (a wooden katana) and has a wide variety of techniques. Saito codified two sets of techniques, the first being seven suburi (solo cutting exercises), and the second being five partnered forms. Some dojo also practice jiyu-waza armed with bokken (freestyle technique, without a predetermined form of attack and response).
[edit] Suburi
Suburi (素振り:すぶり, Suburi?), a word that translates literally to something like "elementary swinging", is used to refer to the basic solo movements of aiki-ken, developed by Saito as a distillation of the partnered practice.
There are seven aiki-ken suburi, and are very simply named as follows:
1. Shodan: A simple downward vertical cut.
2. Nidan: Step back into jōdan-gamae, then a downward vertical cut.
3. Sandan: Step back into waki-gamae, then a downward vertical cut.
4. Yondan: Step forward with a downward vertical cut; repeat.
5. Godan: Step forward while guarding, then a 70 degree downward cut; repeat.
6. Rokudan: Step forward with a downward vertical cut, then shuffle forward and thrust.
7. Nanadan: Step forward while guarding, then a 70 degree downward cut, then step forward and thrust.
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiki-Ken
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