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
Newaza randori
Photo courtesy of Elise D. Parker
Other blogs (not as good as mine, but they try awfully hard!) :-)
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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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Gardening Till We Dropped
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We walked in the morning and then gardened all day.
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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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Goals
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Lets take a look at self-defense. Lets remain within the arena of training.
What are the things I feel most important to applying self-defense?
First, yo...
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Choosing Freedom looks at sports behind the iron curtain
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For those of you younger than me, that phrase "the iron curtain" may not
mean much. Back when I was competing there was a Cold War going on with
the U.S. ...
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Boxing for self-defense, is it effective?
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Punch, block and spar to learn some valuable self defense skills.
The post Boxing for self-defense, is it effective? appeared first on Wim
Demeeres Blog...
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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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CofV 12.4: Distinguishing Social and Asocial
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There might be one more in this series, might have to write about time and
distance.
What follows combines with everything before, but especially with the ...
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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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Do Eastern Martial Artists Need Eastern Diets?
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We have a great question today from Nicholas regarding wellness and diet:
Most of us as martial artists practice arts that come from east Asian
countries. ...
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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...
Photo courtesy of Elise D. Parker
National flags should only be worn for international competitions otherwise it is nothing more than shallow nationalism.
ReplyDeleteAre you afraid your judokas will forget where they are?
No, I just don't have a problem with 'shallow' nationalism.
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