I'm not an experienced aikidoka by any means, but it looks to me like the various joint lock and throw techniques we do like shiho nage and kote gaeshi are very difficult to apply on a resisting opponent. Especially one who retracts their fist after throwing a punch.
A major problem I find when doing randori is that when a person does a body shift to take me off balance I can just step in and hit them. This follow up attack is especially effective because their hands are busy dealing with the arm I attacked with first.
Does anyone else find this to be true? Are the body to body techniques like irimi nage and do gaeshi a better choice for dealing with punches?
A major problem I find when doing randori is that when a person does a body shift to take me off balance I can just step in and hit them. This follow up attack is especially effective because their hands are busy dealing with the arm I attacked with first.
Does anyone else find this to be true? Are the body to body techniques like irimi nage and do gaeshi a better choice for dealing with punches?