Aiki-Lab Paris: Beginners find Aiki

Paris Aiki-Lab 2016 - two women with no martial arts experience are able to find aiki arising from beneficent intention. I have visited many aikido dojos of many styles and lineages and rarely find aikidoka who can find aiki when the attacks are like these. My ukemi is not light or undirected - instead there is a formidable intention to impose a connection on their centers. When Charlotte struggles in certain moments you can see the control I am exerting on her center - this is consistent during all attacks in this clip. The same applies to Fabienne. Though I am not attacking with the intensity to harm, there is enough force directed to their central cores to let everyone involved feel if the participants are struggling or trying to force their way out of the grip. Again, neither of these Aiki-Lab participants have more than a few hours of Aiki-Lab training, nor have they had any instruction or experience with aikido techniques.