Jō tai Jō – Sokumen Irimi Nage – Elbow Atemi Variation with Jō Face Control
⛩️ Source
This excerpt comes from a demonstration held during the first edition of the European Judo Championship, which took place on December 5–6, 1951, at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before an audience of more than 10,000 spectators.
The demonstrators included Mikonosuke Kawaishi and Shozo Awazu, pioneers of French Jūdō; Minoru Mochizuki, founder of Yoseikan Budō; and André Nocquet, the first foreign uchi-deshi of Morihei Ueshiba.
It is likely one of the very first public demonstrations of Aikido in the West.
🔖 Technique Notes
As Uke launches a Chūdan Tsuki, Tori steps to the outside and performs an Enka pivot, lowering the tip of his Jō and using it as a protective barrier around which he turns. He then executes a second Enka pivot, delivering a downward diagonal elbow strike to Uke’s face—powered not simply by the arm, but by the forward engagement of his entire body.
As Uke falls, Tori follows him down, extending the arm that delivered the elbow and positioning the Jō across Uke’s face once he reaches the ground, thereby establishing control.
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