Aikido Nidan Demonstration
Here is a second degree black belt demonstration by my instructor, Julio Toribio, in the art of Aikido.
There’s a who’s who of Aikido in the Northern California Scene in this video. Sensei Toribio, his uke Dennis Evans, Danielle Evans with the jo kata, Pat Hendricks taking ukemi for randori, under the auspices of Frank Doran at his Redwood City Dojo.
The quality is second generation, but that’s why it’s all the more necessary to save this performance in a more permanent medium. This test has endlessly inspired me. The fake out at the end of the randori (causing the two ukes to collide) is something you don’t get to see everyday. That’s a little bit of martial genius slyly tucked in.
Impressive display of human capability.
Brad
Brad Hirakawa from San Diego
on Monday, September 17, 2007
Mr Dean,
Why do you use the description as Second Generation to describe this demonstration?
Thank you,
Kevin Moore
on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Kevin,
This was digitized from a VHS tape, which was copied from another VHS tape (which was likely was a copy as well). I do not mean to imply second generation in terms of teaching lineage.
Roy
Roy Dean from Bend, Oregon
on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Thanks for clarifying, I mis-understood you comment.
Kevin
Kevin
on Friday, September 21, 2007