Aikido The Peaceful Martial Art                             Stefan Stenudd

Aikido basics
Kaeshi waza
Counter techniques

For introduction and basic principles, go to INTRO.

1. INTRO, Aikido basics
2. Tachiwaza - mae (standing, attacks from the front)
3. Tachiwaza - ushiro (standing, attacks from the rear)
4. Suwariwaza (tori and uke sitting)
5. Hanmi handachiwaza (tori sitting, uke standing)
6. Tantodori (defense against knife)
7. Tachidori (defense against sword)
8. Jodori (defense against staff)
9. Kaeshiwaza (counter techniques)
10. Henkawaza (changed techniques)
11. Kogeki (attacks in aikido)

Notes on kaeshiwaza

1. Techniques in parenthesis are less important or can be excluded in kaeshiwaza, because they are awkward to execute.
2. Crossed-out techniques should be excluded from kaeshiwaza, because the situation does not open for them.
3. A correctly done technique on a sincere attack, should not really be possible to counter with kaeshiwaza.
4. Countering is done by "switching roles" from uke to tori, at a certain point, by treating the other one’s aikido technique as an attack.
5. In basic techniques, the shift of "roles" should happen at a moment when the technique of the other has become specific, ie. recognizable as a certain aikido technique.
6. Kaeshiwaza should be seen as a way of improving the aikido techniques.
7. Since kaeshiwaza should be done when the technique has become specific, the initial attack form does not matter much.
8. Aikido glossary here.

KAESHIWAZA uke’s technique horizontal tori’s kaeshiwaza vertical	ikkyo	nikyo	san kyo	irimi nage	shiho nage	kote gaeshi	tenchi nage	ude kime nage	kokyu ho	koshi nage	kaiten nage
KATAMEWAZA (pinning) in order of importance	bas = basic     adv = advanced/difficult     - =not basic/possible
ikkyo omote/ura	bas	bas	bas	bas	bas	adv	-	bas	bas	bas	adv
nikyo omote/ura	bas	-	-	-	bas	bas	-	adv	-	-	adv
sankyo omote/ura	bas	bas	bas	-	-	-	bas	-	-	-	adv
yonkyo omote/ura	-	-	bas	-	-	-	bas	-	-	-	adv
(gokyo) omote/ura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(hijikime osae) omote/ura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(kaiten osae) omote/ura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NAGEWAZA (throw) in order of importance	bas = basic     adv = advanced/difficult     - =not basic/possible
kokyuho	bas	-	-	-	bas	bas	adv	bas	bas	-	adv
kokyunage	bas	bas	bas	-	bas	bas	-	bas	bas	bas	adv
iriminage omote/ura	bas	bas	bas	bas	bas	bas	adv	adv	bas	adv	adv
shihonage omote/ura	bas	adv	-	-	bas	adv	bas	bas	bas	adv	adv
kotegaeshi omote/ura	bas	adv	-	-	adv	-	-	bas	bas	adv	adv
tenchinage omote/ura	-	-	-	-	-	-	bas	-	bas	-	adv
kaitennage omote/ura	-	-	-	adv	-	adv	adv	-	-	-	adv
koshinage	bas	bas	-	-	adv	-	-	-	-	bas	adv
udekimenage	bas	adv	-	-	bas	bas	-	bas	adv	adv	adv
(jujigarami)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ushiro kiriotoshi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
aikinage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
aiki otoshi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
KAESHIWAZA uke’s technique horizontal tori’s kaeshiwaza vertical	ikkyo	nikyo	san kyo	irimi nage	shiho nage	kote gaeshi	tenchi nage	ude kime nage	kokyu ho	koshi nage	kaiten nage

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