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Can you feel it?
How can aikido deal with an attacker if they can resist or block our technique? Well, aikido cannot and it's a real problem if we want our art to be...
Can you feel it?
How can aikido deal with an attacker if they can resist or block our technique? Well, aikido cannot and it's a real problem if we want our art to be...
Aikido and Daito ryu
Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, was a student of Sokaku Takeda, who was a master of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu. Ueshiba studied with Takeda for several years, during which he learned...
Aikido and Daito ryu
Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, was a student of Sokaku Takeda, who was a master of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu. Ueshiba studied with Takeda for several years, during which he learned...
Use of weapons
Aikido techniques are designed to redirect an attacker's energy and subdue them without causing serious harm. Aikido weapons training typically involves the use of bokken (wooden sword), jo (short staff),...
Use of weapons
Aikido techniques are designed to redirect an attacker's energy and subdue them without causing serious harm. Aikido weapons training typically involves the use of bokken (wooden sword), jo (short staff),...
Taking someones centre
Increasingly, body movement open handed (or tai jutsu) in our training include atemi because it gets the attacker to move, and puts you in a better position to control the...
Taking someones centre
Increasingly, body movement open handed (or tai jutsu) in our training include atemi because it gets the attacker to move, and puts you in a better position to control the...
Sugano Sensei and the 7 jo pattern
Seiichi Sugano Sensei moved like no one else in aikido. I can only describe it as an organic movement, that was free from style. His 7 count jo *pattern is...
Sugano Sensei and the 7 jo pattern
Seiichi Sugano Sensei moved like no one else in aikido. I can only describe it as an organic movement, that was free from style. His 7 count jo *pattern is...
Ikkyo - 1st Technique. Does it even work? Part 1
I believe Ikkyo is a wonderful technique, and for many years I thought I'd really nailed this one. My omote was strong, and my ura-waza was energetic and controlled in...
Ikkyo - 1st Technique. Does it even work? Part 1
I believe Ikkyo is a wonderful technique, and for many years I thought I'd really nailed this one. My omote was strong, and my ura-waza was energetic and controlled in...