Response to Nikyo

I've been having fun playing with this. It seems to be a viable response to nikyo, at least where the nikyo involves pinning the wrist to shoulder area as opposed to keeping it at a distance.

Basically, when I feel tori taking the nikyo, I follow along. He's drawing me in and down, so I move purposefully in and down toward the lead side. This helps take some the pressure off my wrist.

Without pause, I immediately take a second step deep toward his other side, swing my hips around, and begin to sit down on that heel. As I drop, the first leg straightens naturally and checks his lead leg. His lead shoulder that was being used to secure nikyo is now being drawn out and down by that same nikyo.

Tori has become uke and takes a big fall.

This is a basic sutemi waza (sacrifice technique). I don't know exactly what it is called, but I see it in judo all the time. Judo is great for sutemi. The only difference is that I am applying it in response to a technique (nikyo) that I don't think exists in judo.

I'd like to learn more about judo, some proper, formal training. Next week I'll be in Guangzhou, China where they have no aikido, so I am hoping to find some judo players to work with while I am there. I can't imagine two weeks of no practice. Hopefully, it'll be an opportunity to prepare me for next year's move to Belize where again, they have judo but no aikido.