Artist: Michael Aloia
Medium: Pencil/Adobe Photoshop
Created: 1997

This piece was originally a pencil drawing created in 1997 and later rendered in Adobe Photoshop. The suwari waza techniques of aikido are stand alone exercises by way of which nage must use nothing but proper skill and timing to achieve the desired effects. There are no short cuts when practicing these techniques.

"Suwari Waza Ikkyo" is available printed on plain heavy stock and is 14" wide by 11" tall, signed and numbered by the artist, Michael Aloia.