Saturday morning practice at 0830 – it’s not for snowflakes. Shomen-uchi was the attack which of course could be a punch to the face. Don’t get stuck in linguistic ruts that occlude your ability to see the similarities. The warm up was suwariwaza with the basic dexterity familiarization: ikkyo, nikkyo, sankyo, yonkyo in a linkedContinue reading “SPEAR HAND IN AIKIDO”
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IKKYO – HENKA WAZA
In Levels of Training, I used the three levels of Shoden – Chuden – Okuden as the framework. In Japanese, there are other terms of distinction that describe a progression of waza through a hierarchical framework would be: kihon, ki no nagare, oyo, henka, kanren, and kaeshi-waza. I prefer to collapse these distinctions and callContinue reading “IKKYO – HENKA WAZA”
SELLING AIKIDO
Aikido is a consumer good. If we want the art to continue, not only must we make it relevant, but also we need to capture market share. That requires sales. As soon as I hear sales, I hear John Cusack in Say Anything. But the reality is, Aikido has to be sold. Which means you have to createContinue reading “SELLING AIKIDO”
Protective Arts 