William Dockery

There are a wide variety of martial arts encompassing a broad range of preficiences, skill sets, and goals. Regardless of their orientation, be it combat, grappling,or spiritual centering, they are all inherently intertwined in their reliance on the understanding of one key, central concept: our center of balance (COB). Despite the fact that martial arts in general are centuries-old practices, not one has sought to approach this vital component from the perspective of kinesiology. Until now.

Breaking down the science of the phsyiological, mechanical, and psychological mechinaisms associated with human movement and applying them to Tomiki Ryu Aikido, William B. Dockery uses a western point of view to examine the six key precepts of his groundbreaking method:

No-line and the 20.
Parallelism.
The cam (S and C).
Sagital plane.
Daito hands and lever arms.
Aiki-age, aiki-sage.

These six precepts culminate into the capstone concept: The secret to Aiki.

Those willing to engage these fundamental teachings in a meaningful manner will achieve greater results than those without due to this melding of mind and body versus the rote mechanics of current methods. As revolutionary as it is easy to understand and apply, Aiki Secrets: six Precepts and the Dynamic COB forever changes the paradigm.

With mpre than twenty years of martial arts experience, dockery investigates many styles of martial arts as a method to improve and better understand his primary style, Tomiki Ryu Aikido. He holds a black belt in Tomiki Ryu Aikido and studies martial arts in central Ohio.

Contents

1 Preface
Why write this book?
Something to remember about the author
How to read this book
2 Basic terms
Uke and tori
Single- and double-weighted
No-line, triangle, and the 20
Centripetal arm
Forward and reverse cam
Front-wheel drive and the cam
The sagittal plane; the first belt hoop
Center of balance into levers and hinges
Spindles and gimbals
Sword cut and dead blow hammer
Heavy hands
Rectangles and snakes-Rectangles; Snakes
Parallelism
Outer curve, the other curves, and the footballs-What makes a curve?; Outer curve; Inner curve; Football
Basic aiki-age; Aiki-sage (tip-to and tip-over)-Aiki-age; Aiki-sage
Connection and bridge-The bridge-affixing two bodies together; Such that one is supporting the other-age/sage; How is age/sage like an inclined plane?; Aiki-age using the four lever arms; In summary of the connection and bridge
Destabilizing uke-The base shape; Moving our center to the edge
In conclusion of basic terms
3 The six preceps
Another approach to learning-What is a precept?
Where uke is weak
Precept 1: no-line and the 20
Precept 2: Parallelism
Tier 1 Advanced
Where you are strong
Precept 3: The cam (S and C)
Precept 4: The sagittal plane (the first belt hoop)
Connection builders
Connection
Precept 5: Lever arms and daito hands
Precept 6: Aiki-age and aiki-sage
The secret to aiki
Balance
Stability
Getting to the pin-Pearl against the glass; Reducing the base
Uke is pinned, let us spin
In conclusion… (meer)