ushiro waza in Sakado

Today at Aikido Meiryukan Sakado we went through 3 behind both wrist grasp techniques.

ushiro waza ryote mochi hijishime ni

The first half of this technique is the same as the 3rd kyu ikkajo. The point was not to try and catch the elbow to early. Lead the partner forward and catc while pivoting. We also worked on breaking the grip.

ushiro waza ryote mochi sokumen iriminage ni

Similar to ikkajo however the twisting and turning while breaking the grip brings problems. Don`t think about moving one part at a time, lock your arms and just spiral down from your center. The form will naturally come.

ushiro waza ryote mochi kotegaeshi ni 

The main focus was on leading our partner with the hand they are gripping. Not trying to catch and pull.

All these above techniques, however new to some of todays members, have parts in other basic techniques. If you understand the riai within the movements, it all just comes down to putting the pieces together.