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Yogi Does No Touch Aikibugei

Summary

, 8 min

A no-touch Aikijujutsu defense against a punch to the face, demonstrated and then explained. Rather than chi, the redirection works because the unconscious mind takes over a strike near its end: a finger placed in front of the target becomes the new target and is moved aside.

In this video

Teaches
Shidare Yanagi Ryu Aikibugei
Discusses
ChiSubconscious
Mentions
Martial artsDon Angier

Key moments

00:00Lockdown fun: asking a friend to punch him in the face00:32No-touch Aikijujutsu: redirecting a punch past the face01:24Fading back so the striker can find his mark03:03Was it chi? The usual reading of Aiki as energy03:56Don't try this at home: learning means getting hit04:26The unconscious mind takes over the strike05:15A finger becomes the new target, then moves aside06:48Don Angier's favorite demo, and relying on mechanics