This reminds me of the time when Tristan Sutrisno ended up
standing on my shoulders after I stepped in with a strike, I believe this was
how his Aikido drill 13 ended up from seeing it one time in 1980.
Instead of
taking me down when standing atop my shoulders, he just jumped off, flipped a
side kick towards my face and landed on the ground lightly.
About 5 years later watching him perform aikido drill 13 in a
demonstration, did I work it out. He used the aikido technique entry to transfer
my forward motion into his use for the vertical leap, and then instead of wrapping
his legs around my neck chose to instead stand on my shoulders.
There is always
someone who is beyond your understanding.
This reminds me on another technique.
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When I felt Tristan standing on my shoulders I had no idea how he got there. It was more that a bit troubling.
And of course persoal honor meant I could not ask him how he did it.
Over the next 5 years I tried to work it out. Not for myself as it was outside of my range of motion. I came up with 2 different ways he might have done so.
Then one time where he was givige a clinic for my students I saw what he must have done.
It was a 3rd method, one outside of my thoughts.
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