Leg sweep into kokyunage takedown with Bruce Bookman @TenzanAikido

[@robbeloved]

Excellent!

[@nbednar]

Good stuff as always.

[@avigator]

Nope. Only works with a cooperative opponent.

[@nbednar]

@@avigator By definition, an "opponent" is never cooperative.

[@avigator]

@@nbednar So, how do you call the guy in the video? Aikido dance partner?🕺🏼 😅

[@Rokkyo]

So the leg sweep is an atemi??

[@exhibitionism3128]

Um. This is only in demonstration.

[@avigator]

Only works with a cooperative opponent.

[@JustSomeGuy69420]

I sat here typing out why you are wrong, and then I realized it's pointless. This and the other forms of iriminage are basically fancy cousins of osoto-gari and sukui-nage and no one questions those techniques. The falls taken by the partner are there to enable safe practice. Sometimes they over-do it a bit but the point there is to keep people safe. Iriminage without a proper fall ends up with a head smacking off the ground. If you've never tried it, reserve your judgement. Feeling is believing.