In the below video Sensei Andy Hathaway of the London Aikido Club demonstrates and provides key training points for the Aikido exercise Ai hanmi katatedori kokyu ho (also referred to as kosadori kokyu ho). 

Kokyu ho exercises are used in Aikido to assist in developing internal power.  They can also be techniques in themselves (kokyu nage) or form key aspects of other techniques.  At higher levels of practice kokyu ho principles form part of every technique.

 

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• Kosadori kokyu ho – “Complete Guide to Aikido” (2015)

Source: Complete Guide to Aikido (2015), Morihiro Saito.

• Ai hamni katate dori kokyu ho – Yamada Sensei

 

• Battlefield applications

In the below video, Morihiro Saito Sensei demonstrates a number of battle field applications that are sourced from Ai hanmi katate dori kokyu ho (kosadori kokyu ho).

 

• Brief Biography – Morihiro Saito Sensei (1928-2002)

Morihiro Saito Sensei’s  practice of Aikido spanned 56 years and he is one of the most important teachers in Aikido history.  Saito Sensei was a live-in student of O’sensei for more than 20 years at his home dojo in Iwama, Japan. Saito Sensei committed his martial life to preserving the Aikido taught by the Founder during the immediate post war years.