This morning was a focus on the basic sinawali pattern at first merely to learn the drill. There are numerous online references to help remind you of the basic pattern. YouTube is an amazing resource if you can discern the true from the false. Techniques and tricks that once were only taught in person and at seminars thatContinue reading “SINAWALI in AIKIDO”
Category Archives: Reference Materials
KI-MUSUBI
Linguistically, Japanese sounds exotic, which (like most things in life) is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because a Japanese phrase like ki-musubi forces non-Japanese speakers to pause mentally and to question seriously whether or not we understand the concept. Translated, ki-musubi is ‘to tie ki.’ Now the curse of aContinue reading “KI-MUSUBI”
SELF-PRESERVATION
In the realm of armed (meaning fire arms) self-defense, the most frequent categorization of the population is a three-part segmentation: sheep, wolves and sheepdogs. (Reminds me of Bloch’s segmentation of Feudal society.) A sheep is a productive member of society – the ‘normal’ people who would only hurt one another by accident. Violence has little or noContinue reading “SELF-PRESERVATION”
Protective Arts 