Srđan Milosavljević, Dragan Matavulj, Predrag Lazarević, Jovana Spasović

: Jiyu waza is one of the most complex movement structures in real aikido. It entails avoidance of multiple attackers by means of very complex combinations of movement techniques. The exercise of jiyu waza aims at perturbing attacker’s balance. Jiyu waza exists in traditional, as well as in real aikido, but with great differences between the ways it is exercised. Its primary form is owed to Soke Ljubomir Vračarević, while the credits for the jiyu waza described in this paper go to Radojica Spasović, a real aikido master 9th Dan. Jiyu waza with slight modifications is used as a model of avoidance of two or more attackers. For the purpose of simplified understanding of complex movement structures, this paper presents a model of avoidance of two attackers, and jiyu waza is divided in two parts. This model includes a defender, as well as two attackers. In order to make the exercise scheme clearer, all three practitioners are at a single step distance, thus forming an equilateral triangle

Keywords: avoidance, attack, movement, real aikido, jiyu waza, destabilization

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