Hanmi
Hanmi : Han 半 (half) Mi 身 (body) is Japanese for “see only half the body”. In Japanese martial arts it describes a non-frontal body position that offers a smaller surface to attack.
In Aikido this means z. For example, the front foot is aimed at the person from whom an attack is to be expected, while the rear foot is inclined by 60 ° towards the line of attack, and so is the hip. The weight rests equally on both feet, and also on the balls of the feet and toes .
- Ai hanmi (ai 相 ... together) means that uke and tori (sometimes also called nage ) are equal, i.e. H. both in the left or right hanmi .
- Gyaku hanmi (gyaku 逆 ... opposite, reversed) means that Uke and Tori are mirror images of each other. For example Uke left hanmi and Tori right hanmi .
In other unarmed martial arts such as karate Hanmi plays a role, as in the armed martial arts such as Kenjutsu of Koryu . On the other hand, it has disappeared from the modern kendō , which developed from these, if one disregards the kata .