Chris Mulligan sensei sent me the draft format of this article in February 2020 for a quick review. His article makes explicit how he connects language acquisition with teaching and learning Aikido; which I have referenced numerous times in earlier posts. The published version is copied in full below. ______________ Christopher Mulligan Sensei began studyingContinue reading “CHRISTOPHER MULLIGAN in AIKIDO JOURNAL”
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MULLIGAN SENSEI – JO WORKSHOP 2019
Mulligan sensei visited Portland Aikikai for a jō workshop (February 2019), the first seminar in the dojo’s new location. Portland Aikikai has the great benefit in long associating with Chris Mulligan who, from the dojo’s founding, was its primary weapons instructor. YouTube for more by Mulligan Sensei There are definite ‘styles’ in the use of weapons in Aikido primarily becauseContinue reading “MULLIGAN SENSEI – JO WORKSHOP 2019”
SWORD TAKE-AWAY: Tachidori
Testing for shodan requires demonstrating weapon take-away techniques against tanto, jo, and bokken. Simplify the phrasing and the concept we are discussing is disarms. Here is the secret: all empty hand techniques in Aikido are disarms. You have been doing nothing but disarms since your first ikkyo omote. Aikido is not an unarmed art. IContinue reading “SWORD TAKE-AWAY: Tachidori”
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