I have been focusing on tanren-geiko and drawing out a muscular pressure from both uke and nage in order to cultivate honest training. “Whatever has value in the present world has it not in itself, according to its nature—but rather because it has been given value, and frequently because it was regarded as valuable byContinue reading “AIKIDO AS A FORGE”
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JO TORI
The jō 杖 (“wooden staff”) is a walking stick usually about four feet in length. It is unclear precisely how it became incorporated within Aikido. While some of the jō movements come from spear-fighting (yarijutsu 槍術), and others from staff-fighting (jō-jutsu 杖術 and bō-jutsu 棒術), many of them are most similar to the use of a bayonet (jūken-jutsu). Jō tori is takingContinue reading “JO TORI”
FIVE WAYS OF ATTACK
Aikido as an attack art sounds oxymoronic. That is true only because many critics of Aikido have a moronic understanding of the art. (And one too few of us credibly counter.) Axiomatically we cannot win by defending and winning is important. But how does that necessitate an attack art? The polemical turn of phrase is the difference betweenContinue reading “FIVE WAYS OF ATTACK”
Protective Arts 