This past month I have done a focus here on my blog on the 31-jo kata that is central to aikijo, as well as some of the associated exercises. I'm certainly no expert in this stuff, but these are some of the ideas that have occurred to me as I have explored this material. If you're interested in jo-work then check out the following articles:
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Here is a good example of one phenomenon that I talked about at the seminar this past weekend. In these film clips the point of view ...
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Someone asked me a while back to post what I consider to be pros and cons of aikido and judo – sort of what I like and dislike about aiki...
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Several months ago I had a great, extended blog discussion with some of my blogospheric Tomiki Aikido buddies about the nature of the Judo e...
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People often ask me at what age should they start their kids in martial arts. I will occasionally take kids as young as 3-4 as long as the p...
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Another thing that Chad asked for the other day in his comment to my post about teaching kids judo was some description of our favorite ...
