Class Outline Establish familiarity with takemusu Aikido exercises: Gyakyu hanmi tenkan – soft committed elbow, move from shoulder (learn to move self) Ashi-sabaki – same arm shape, driven by hips (learn to move uke) Ashi-sabaki ushiro tenkan – same arm shape – learn to lead uke : uke learns to commit to movement Yokomen uchiContinue reading “YOKOMEN AS DOUBLE DAGGER”
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KNIFE WORK
My initial attraction to martial arts was through the weapons as artifacts. I was entranced by the beauty of the swords at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.[1] I still covet and collect weapons but the pragmatist in me knows this is a servile and dangerous affliction. The importance isn’t the tool, it is theContinue reading “KNIFE WORK”
KIHON – Hanmi Handachi Shiho Nage and Uchi Kaiten Nage
Kihon waza are the developmental base forms and they show the correct way to train in order to allow for proper developmental growth in the art. Normative words demand definition: what is a “correct” way to train and what is “proper” development? I recall hearing a shihan once quip, “Aikido works. Yours doesn’t.” A pithy summationContinue reading “KIHON – Hanmi Handachi Shiho Nage and Uchi Kaiten Nage”
Protective Arts 