“Kokyunage are the most numerous and important techniques of Aikido!”

Takemusu Aikido, Volume 4: Kokyunage is the fourth volume of a comprehensive technical series covering the aikido of the Founder Morihei Ueshiba, as taught in Iwama, Ibaragi Prefecture following World War II. This manual presents some 80 variations of kokyunage, among the most important techniques in the aikido curriculum. Bilingual, Japanese and English.

Volume 4 is profusely illustrated with more than 450 photos and includes step-by-step explanations of each technique. The contents of this volume include kokyunage techniques executed from the following attacks:

78 techniques: shomenuchi (5 techniques), yokomenuchi (7 techniques), katatedori (11 techniques), ryotedori (8 techniques), morotedori (6 techniques), sodeguchidori (3 techniques), sodedori (2 techniques), munadori (5 techniques), katadori (2 techniques), tsuki (9 techniques), kosadori (3 techniques), ryoerijime (3 techniques), ushiro attacks (14 techniques)

From Preface:

I have been planning to publish a volume dealing with kokyunage for some time. Kokyunage are the most numerous and important techniques in aikido, hence my decision to devote an entire volume to the subject. If kokyunage techniques were to be removed from the art, it would no longer be worthy of being called aikido. — Morihiro Saito

Contents

• Foreword
• Editor’s Note

Shomenuchi

• Shomenuchi kokyunage 1
• Shomenuchi kokyunage 2
• Shomenuchi kokyunage 3
• Shomenuchi kokyunage 4
• Shomenuchi kokyunage 5

Yokomenuchi

• Yokomenuchi kokyunage 1
• Yokomenuchi kokyunage 2 Ki no nagare
• Yokomenuchi kokyunage 3
• Yokomenuchi kokyunage 4
• Yokomenuchi kokyunage 5 Ki no nagare
• Yokomenuchi kokyunage 6 Ki no nagare
• Yokomenuchi kokyunage 7 Ki no nagare

Katatedori

• Katatedori kokyunage 1
• Katatedori kokyunage 2 Henkawaza
• Katatedori kokyunage 3 Henkawaza
• Katatedori kokyunage 4
• Katatedori kokyunage 5
• Katatedori kokyunage 6
• Katatedori kokyunage 7
• Katatedori kokyunage 8
• Katatedori kokyunage 9
• Katatedori kokyunage 10 Henkawaza
• Katatedori kokyunage 11 Ki no nagare

Ryotedori

• Ryotedori kokyunage 1 (soto)
• Ryotedori kokyunage 2 (uchi)
• Ryotedori kokyunage 3
• Ryotedori kokyunage 4 Ki no nagare
• Ryotedori kokyunage 5 Ki no nagare
• Ryotedori kokyunage 6 Ki no nagare
• Ryotedori kokyunage 7 Ki no nagare
• Ryotedori kokyunage 8 Ki no nagare

Morotedori

• Morotedori kokyunage 1 Ki no nagare
• Morotedori kokyunage 2
• Morotedori kokyunage 4
• Morotedori kokyunage 5
• Morotedori kokyunage 6

Sodeguchidori

• Sodeguchidori kokyunage 1
• Sodeguchidori kokyunage 2
• Sodeguchidori kokyunage 3

Sodedori

• Sodedori kokyunage 1
• Sodedori kokyunage 2

Munadori

• Munadori kokyunage 1
• Munadori kokyunage 2
• Munadori kokyunage 3
• Munadori kokyunage 4
• Munadori kokyunage 5

Katadori

• Katadori kokyunage 1
• Katadori kokyunage 2

Tsuki

• Tsuki kokyunage 1
• Tsuki kokyunage 2
• Tsuki kokyunage 3
• Tsuki kokyunage 4 Henkawaza
• Tsuki kokyunage 5
• Tsuki kokyunage 6
• Tsuki kokyunage 7
• Tsuki kokyunage 8 (Jodan)
• Tsuki kokyunage 9 (Jodan)

Kosadori

• Kosadori kokyunage 1
• Kosadori kokyunage 2
• Kosadori kokyunage 3

Ryoerijime

• Ryoerijime kokyunage 1
• Ryoerijime kokyunage 2
• Ryoerijime kokyunage 3

Ushiro ryotedori

• Ushiro ryotedori kokyunage 1
• Ushiro ryotedori kokyunage 2
• Ushiro ryotedori kokyunage 3

Ushiro ryokatadori

• Ushiro ryokatadori kokyunage 1
• Ushiro ryokatadori kokyunage 2
• Ushiro ryokatadori kokyunage 3
• Ushiro ryokatadori kokyunage 4

Ushiro eridori

• Ushiro eridori kokyunage 1
• Ushiro eridori kokyunage 2
• Ushiro eridori kokyunage 3
• Ushiro eridori kokyunage 4

Ushiro katate munadori

• Ushiro katate munadori kokyunage 1
• Ushiro katate munadori kokyunage 2
• Ushiro katate munadori kokyunage 3

Pages: 204
File size: 145 mb
Dimensions: 7″ x 10″

Reviews

I ordered this book and have found it to be a great reinforcement to the training received at class. I recommend this book to anyone who is considering purchasing it. The photos are clear and from excellent angles that show the techniques very well. The explanations that go with the photos are also very helpful. The book is a great companion to Saito Sensei’s Lost Seminars DVD set.

D.C.

“These manuals are invaluable tools for people like me. If Saito Sensei had been of the “old style” mindset, this might never have happened. These books have benefited me more than any other single publication on aikido technique, or any resource outside of dojo practice under a competent teacher.”

L.H.

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