Sumo to augment aikido

[theletch1]

Have any of you ever used sumo training to augment your aikido training? I was watching the most recent basho on banzuki.com today and suddenly realized that sumo would be a good way to learn to feel the energy of an opponent and counter before or as soon as the attack begins. Even as a kid I never thought of sumo as "a couple of fat guys pushing each other around." Now that I'm older and have some MA experience I realize even more that there is a great deal of skill involved in sumo and also that the "feel" of energy gotten in sumo might help me with my aikido.

 

[ShaolinWolf]

hey, I typed banzuki.com into my address bar, and even looked it up on google. Could you post the address, please?

 

[theletch1]

It's actually banzuke.com instead of the i that I posted earlier. Try this link out for the videos of the bashos. sumo videos

 

[Yari]

I always like watching sumo, because it has the real essence of "seising the moment" Sorry for the spelling.

I feel alot of janapanese styles have this incorperated, and is very important.


So in a sense I agree with you Jeff.

/Yari