[Aikido] Mike Sigman demonstrating "internal strength" on google video

[Liam Reid]

This link points to a google video of Mike Sigman, demonstrating what he
calls "internal strength" as it's applied in Aikido. It echoes what Brett
and Fujimori Sensei has taught us and, while a little slow, I thought it
sufficiently interesting to share. 

There's a piece at the end of the video where Mike effectively negates the
effects of nikkyo by channelling the technique into his back leg: a nice
trick. Brett's done this several times to me, demonstrating how important it
is for nikkyo to be applied in a way that keeps the location of your own
centre ambiguous. Somehow I don't think Mike's trick would work in our dojo
;-)

http://tinyurl.com/3ygyz8

Looking at Mike's background I see that he is a tai chi practitioner (yang
and chen) who did judo, karate and aikido before focusing on tai chi.

Liam