Aikido Shihonage

With his left hand, grabbing your right lapel Uke will attempt to deliver a circular blow to your head with his right hand. As the blow comes towards You, you will step circularly with your right foot to your right, pivot and sweep your left leg deep behind you , thus further increasing the centrifugal effect Of such pivot on the whole action. Your right arm feigning a blow to The head of Uke will pass under his left arm and drop naturally onto his Extended right arm, leading it downwards, while your left hand will grasp his left hand, securing it to your lapel and turning it so that his palm and fingertips point upward. Continuing your original motion of deflection, your Right hand will join the left on his wrist; your elbow will slide over his captured forearm. The first lock of immobilization may be developed in either of its two variations – irimi or tankan towards its conclusion in ht e form of horizontal pin or the vertical torsion on the mat.