{"id":1594,"date":"2021-04-15T21:03:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.transformingchanges.com\/staging\/?page_id=1594"},"modified":"2021-04-15T21:10:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:10:11","slug":"aikido-sumbrada-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.transformingchanges.com\/staging\/klamath-falls-aikido\/aikido-sumbrada-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Aikido “sumbrada” Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is no “Aikido sumbrada” – or at least there wasn’t …<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sumbrada” isn’t a Japanese term, but a term and concept borrowed from FMA (Filipino martial arts). While cross-training with some Kali artists back in the early 90’s I encountered “sumbrada” – which loosely translated means “counter-for-counter”. It’s usually practiced in a flowing manner. It can be done with weapons or without, providing high-iteration-count practice that fosters everything from sensitivity and responsiveness to general fitness. It tends to trigger a flow state – which is part of what makes it intense – and intensely fun. My experience with Kali lead me to saying: “Aikido needs some of this”. So, we built some – and wrote this short article<\/span> <\/a>to introduce it to Aikidoka.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the great things about the concept is that there’s almost no end to the ways it can be implemented to speed-up, intensify, and fun-ify training – on the way to improving students’ ability to deal with dynamic energy and especially as a stepping-stone toward competent randori.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this first video, Aikido movements are cross-pollinated with sumbrada. This is a standard ushiro tekubitori “attack”, with a standard Aikido escape from that grab. Instead of moving to some terminating method, the “escapee” performs the tekubitori attack back on the first uke. This pattern facilitates high-iteration practice, with a bit of a dynamic feel, leading into naturally-flowing terminations. We show that in other videos…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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