Aikido: The Art of Peace
Here’s a great Aikido demo performed by Pat Hendricks and Tom Gambell, both Iwama trained stylists. Note the quick, rounded ukemi. Both are now 6th degree black belts. This demonstration was held in 1984 at Shihan Frank Doran’s Redwood City dojo, immediately after my teacher, Julio Toribio, performed his second degree black belt demonstration. Enjoy the flow.
Top notch Ukemi. Say what you will about the martial applicability of the techniques, the movements are excellent.
TJ from Bend, Oregon
on Thursday, August 07, 2008