Current events
- We've got two new Black Belts at Mokuren Dojo!!
- NOLA Aikido seminar - Antony Pinchbeck - May 31-June2
- Gokata and Awesome Jo at OKC - July 18-21
- Howard Popkin Daitoryu at OKC - Oct 25-27
Owaza
Aiki with Patrick M.
- ROM, tegatana, hanasu
- Randori
- Owaza Jupon #1-10
Other blogs (not as good as mine, but they try awfully hard!) :-)
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One size definitely does NOT fit all
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On Sunday, there was a judo tournament, so many of the usual suspects were
not at practice until later. The first hour and a half or so was just Scott
(an ...
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Contest winner: Combat Sanshou Tiger and Snake Video
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Contest winner: Combat Sanshou Tiger and Snake Video
The post Contest winner: Combat Sanshou Tiger and Snake Video appeared
first on Wim Demeeres Blog.
R...
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Informed and Situational Awareness
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In a recent podcast produced and provided by Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder
on Mazlow and Criminals the guest, Rory Miller, spoke of how awareness is
often...
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Sol Invictus
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"The sun is always a powerful, invincible image, whether it is the weak
illumination of the pre winter solstice, or the savage primal energy of
midsummer...
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Is It Possible to Cross-Train Hard and Soft Styles?
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This is a great question about the relationship between hard and soft
styles: “Recently I started training in Old Yang Style T’ai Chi Ch’uan in
order to ad...
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Down the Rabbit Hole
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Had a fifteen minute conversation with Edwin. Which always leaves me 1)
wishing I had taken notes and 2) fairly certain that I didn't understand
most of i...
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Paul Bonnet on Competition in Aikido
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Just came across this on the Tomiki Aikido FB page, posted by Mark Walsh.
Well said sir.
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Translation of The Science of Nei Jia Quan
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*We have another guest post by Jonathan Bluestein, who is the author of two
of the all time favorite posts at Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Versatile Whip
of P...
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Take the knife?
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One of the ideas for Tanto Dori that I keep hearing is that the Nage should
always take the Tanto from Uke. It sounds good.
The tanto is a very dangerous ...
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Mas Problemas con Tejazushi part II
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I've been studying this clip a lot. I mentioned in part I, that our 17
kata assumes that 2 guys are walking toward each other, one trys a
shomenate and ...
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Kyusho—Vital Points
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I'm a graphic designer by trade, so occasionally I get the uncontrollable
urge to redesign various bits of info pertinent to budo when I get a spare
moment...
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89. Kuzure: “Breaking” the Kata
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If my martial arts readers will forgive me again, I will venture into the
world of tea (chanoyu) to draw out a concept that might apply to how we
understan...
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My Kyudo Black Belt Test in Japan
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*Yatta!*
I did it!
After almost a year of practicing kyudo (Japanese traditional archery), I
took my shodan (black belt) test and passed. A year ago, all...
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How to Get the Most Out of Attending Aikido Camp
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Any number of folks have commented on a perceived lack positive cost /
benefit in relation to how much it costs one to attend a major event like a
camp and...
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Parents Protect and Guide Your Children
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I must tell this installment has nothing to do with Jiu Jitsu or Aikido
techniques. It is how I am feeling about the sad relationships parents have
with th...
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New Web Site Layout Coming
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24FightingChickens is familiar, but it is getting a little stale. I’m going
to be doing some work coming up that will install a new wordpress template
and ...
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Elbow Techniques
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My poor blog. Neglected.
I did however shoot a little film of the hiji waza set of our primary
grouping of techniques. I start with a weak line balance...
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"Honor the men, challenge the material"
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I came across this *fantastic *article tonight by Rob Pincus. Besides being
right on target, it immediately reminded me of the *Great Kata War* Pat
started...
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Apologies
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Hello to all my loyal readers… i hope both of you see this. theres
todays cheesy joke. i must apologize for not posting for a while but it
has been fin...
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Still learning.
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So it has been 6 months since my last update and a lot has been going on.
First thing's first, i was ranked to Shodan this Saturday. I feel rather
weird ab...
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More Thoughts on Christian Liberty
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I have to admit that some of the things I've heard lately about Christian
liberty have bothered me more than a little bit--and no, it's not just
because if...
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One down, one to go
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I'm not a huge fan of goals -- they simply don't do well with my obsessive
tendencies. Nonetheless, when it came to fishing I had two goals for 2012:
enter...
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Olympic Judo Media Coverage
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*Every four years, our beloved art gets a few minutes of media coverage.
Was it just the perfect storm that this year, most of the coverage was
terrible?*...
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Real, Not-Real, Un-Real, Really Real - Part 1
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I have observed many Aikido players over the years with a fear of truly committing to the throw due to a fear, albeit it subconscious, of falling or being dr...
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