I came across this awesome 1-hour YouTube video (I LOVE YouTube! This is FREE, people!).
This is a very complete breakdown of a huge selection of techniques performed by a true master, plus some great snippets of his philosophy. From what I've seen at Sorrentino Sensei's seminars in the past, and from the couple of times I've actually gone "hands on with him," we're going to see a lot of this kind of technique on October 19th. Very, very cool.
A couple of things I'm particularly interested in...
When you watch, notice the very common footwork during the blend. I think this kind of footwork is something we don't do as much as he does. When we blend into Shomenuchi Ikkyo, for instance, it's explicitly very linear. Notice when he does it. It looks more like the kind of blend we use during, say, Yokomen-uchi Aiki Toshi (the Tenkan version -- not the Irimi version that Evil Todd whipped out on me during last Saturday's exam. :-)). This footwork was very common at my first dojo, and was taught explicitly at my second dojo as one of several forms of "ten shin" (which I think means "footwork"). I think this kind of footwork is what, in our dojo, sets AK's Jiyu-Waza (randori) apart from the rest of us mere mortals.
I loved the beautiful koshi-nages. We don't do this in our dojo, and I think this video shows how these classic hip throws -- from Ikkyo, Sankyo, Shiho, and even Irimi-nage entries -- can all be done big, small, hard, soft, and anything inbetween. The irimi-naga entry was a new one to me -- how cool is that!
Enough for now. Do check out the video. It's better than anything on TV.
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