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Exam program 6th KYUPrerequisites: A minimum of 6 months practice twice a week since beginning aikido (enrolment in the dojo),
 Consent of the dojo’s technical director.
The literal translation of some Japanese terms is placed between quotation marks “…”.
Dojo behaviour

Bow when entering and leaving the mats. Bow when entering and leaving
the Dojo. Read the Dojo’s etiquette rules.

Za Ho

Seiza
AnzaO’Sensei“manners of sitting”

DojoTatami
Onegai shimasu

Notions to understand / know

Domo arigato
gozaimashita
ToriUkeYo no te kokyu,
st1 form“breathing in In no te kokyu,
large circles” 2nd form
Ki mussubi no terdkokyu: 3 form
A UN no kokyu
Dai enkokyu hoKokyu ho“breath exercises”

Torifune undo
Keiko“exercises”

Ikkyo undo
Tai no henko

Tai / ashi sabaki

Irimi
Tenkan“correct sitting”: sitting on the knees“sitting in peace”: sitting with crossed legs
founding master of Aikido
name of the place where we practice, means“place of awakening”
the mats on which we practice"I humbly ask of you”, said at the first bow at
beginning of training. The basic connotation is
the feeling of exchanging "good will" towards
the "future" of the two meeting parties.
“thank you very much”, said at the last bow at
the end of training“the one who performs the technique”, theperson attacked“the one who receives the technique”, theperson attacking
YANG breathing form, palms facing outwards
YIN breathing form, palms facing inwards
breathing corresponding to the 5th element“A UN” or OM breathing“rowing movement”:
1. left foot in front, HEY-HO
2. FURITAMA (shake your hands)
3. right foot in front, HEY-SA
4. FURITAMA (shake your hands)
5. (optional) left foot in front, HEY-HEY
6. (optional) FURITAMA (shake your hands)
throw your hands energetically forward toshoulders’ height, draw your hands back to thehips clenching your fists
move tenkan, both hands in front, palms
directed upwards
make one step forward, enter with the bodyplace your front foot off the line and turn“moving of the body / the legs (feet)”

Irimi tenkan

make a step forward and turn your body aroundthe front leg/footpivot on the spot without making any steps

Ukemi

KaitenstUshiro ukemi (1 ,ndrdth2 , 3 and 4 form)
Mae kaiten ukemi
Ushiro kaiten ukemi“falls & rolls”

roll backwards, roll forwards with 4 different
arrival positions
rolling fall forwards
rolling fall backwards

These exam programs are built up following the teaching systematic ofth
Aikido conceived by Sensei Masatomi Ikeda, 7 dan, former technicaldirector of the Swiss Aikikai.

© Eric Graf, 14/03/2016

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Technical program“standing practice”

TACHI WASA
Attacks

Explanations, theoreticalcomplement

Techniques
1

Kotegaeshi

2Iriminage

3

Ikkyo omote

4

Ikkyo ura

5

Tenchinage

bear’s paw(!): catch the wrist while moving irimi
tenkan tenshin kaiten
counterattack to the neck while moving irimi
tenkan kaiten
counterattack to the face, then seize the elbow,
then zigzag, immobilisation on the floor
counterattack to the face then seize the elbow
while moving irimi tenkan kaiten, immobilisation onthe floor

Kiawase shomen uchi

Katatetori ai hanmi

Ryotetori
Katatetori gyaku hanmi“projection heaven-earth”, YANG technique1

the most important of all techniques!
YIN technique

6Genkei kokyu nage

7

Shiho nage omote

step in front of uke pass under his/her arm and cut

8

Shiho nage ura

step behind uke pas under his/her arm and cut

Theoretical knowledge
The 4 important
techniques ofAIKIDO
Directions /associatedfundamental
movements

IKKYO

KOTE GAESHIIRIMI NAGE

Top-down (orbottom-up)

Lateral (from theleft to the right orfrom the right tothe left)

Forwards (orbackwards)

WATEREARTHAIR“first principle”

Associated naturalelements

SHIHO NAGE
Spiral form or circle
form

FIRE

Omote (“the front”) and ura (“the rear”)
Every Aikido technique can be performed in an omote version and in an ura version. However, certain
techniques are in their essence rather omote techniques (e. g. kotegaeshi), others are rather ura
techniques (e. g. aIki goshi). Still others can be executed in omote as well as in ura (e. g. ikkyo, shiho
nage, …).
Often, in the omote versions the partner is in front of us or we are stepping in front of him, whereas
with ura we go behind the partner. Another difference between omote and ura is that with omote wewill mostly divert the force-energy of the partner and we try to impose ourselves, whereas with ura we
rather let the partner pass and we absorb his force-energy.
Typically, if the partner is much stronger and heavier, one will choose to work in ura.
The concept omote/ura is not to be mixed up with the concept of yin/yang. The two concepts are notmutually exclusive, both can be present at the same time.

1For more insights about this technique, have a look the articles “Genkei kokyu nage” in San Shin Kai Letter No. 1 & 2 available
for download at www.dojo-ne.ch under the heading San Shin Kai Letter.

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