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The steps between the steps 2008-05-12 08:13:23 Here is another Musashi quote for us to think about – again, from his Wind book. This one is on walking methods. In aikido we define two walking methods – ayumiashi (normal walking) and tsugiashi (a dropping/sliding motion without crossing the feet). There are benefits to both, and for the most part, we walk using ayumiashi whenever we are outside of ma-ai, instantly switching to safer, more c Read more:steps
Bram Frank & Rob Belote 2008-05-11 01:10:00 We're famous (again). This teaser for with grandmaster Bram Frank
includes my student, Rob Belote, in the second-to-last segment starting at about 2:30. I'm glad to see that Bram is starting to get some of his stuff out there on YouTube. I've tried to search for his name, or for CSSD every so often and this is the first time that I've found any extended clips to speak of. In the brief time that I
Getting in synch and flowing around obstacles 2008-05-10 23:49:34 Aiki with Patrick M., Kel, and RickToday we discussed getting in rhythm with uke, like Musashi was talking about in the passage I posted a few days ago...Tegatana with emphasis on shortening steps to keep in synch with an external pace.Hanasu with emphasis on shortening or stretching steps to get in synch during releases #1 and #3. From there we played with brushing off and disengaging. #2 turns i
Ranai – Chaos into order 2008-05-10 16:24:41 So, we saw in class today that once two vibrating objects (uke & tori) are coupled together, they may either amplify each others’ motions or they may damp each others’ motions out depending on how they are synchronized and how they are coupled. Here’s the cool physical example of this principle that I mentioned in class. And here it is done with three metronomes… and with five metrono Read more:Chaos
"Almost certainly" 2008-05-13 14:02:00 The best of East vs. West... (watch out for some bad language)
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Longitudinal and cross-sectional progress 2008-05-13 01:47:01 Someone suggested on one of my videos on YouTube a while back that it would be great if we could make a video of the two people on that video a year later doing the same stuff so we could see progress
. I think that’s a great idea, though I can’t do it in that particular case because one of the students has now returned home to Ukraine.But that brings up a teaching topic I thought I’d write
Wrestling vs. boxing 2008-05-12 21:01:50 So, who would win? A wrestler or a boxer? If you forgive, at least for the sake of argument, the incredible stupidity of this question, you might find the following video clip interesting.
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He said... 2008-05-15 06:10:56 Ok, perhaps I’ll turn this blog into a medical drama. I've previously posted on my brush with death last year...This past week I’ve had a little rash under my arms because I had a reaction to a deodorant a few days ago. Well, I’ve done the hygiene thing and kept it dry and trusted in the body’s amazing recuperative properties. And it spread. And spread…I decided that I’d gotten a mild
She said... 2008-05-15 06:09:12 Okay, Elise here, a.k.a. Shug (only to Pat) and The Boss to everyone else. Let me tell my version of Pat’s pit problem. Last week, Pat ran out of deodorant. He claims he told me several times that he was out, meaning I had to buy him some more. Now, Pat’s a big boy, right? He has a debit card in his wallet, what’s stopping him from going to the store and buying his own darn deodorant, one ma
Aiki training log for tonight 2008-05-13 22:50:42 Aikido with Patrick M., Kel, and RickROM & UkemiHanasu #1-8 with emphasis on releasing #1 and #2 into ukemi and emphasis on #6 and #8 as pieces of shihonageshomenate, aigamaeate, and gyakugamaeatechain #1 with emphasis on taking the steps between the steps in order to stay synchronized. We also emphasized having uke constantly moving to diffuse tori's technique.Cool techniques of the night: Ko
The Granby 2008-05-15 13:09:17 Even with all my nice talk about "knowledge is not power - knowledge shared is power..." This clip is so good that it hurts me to share this. This is a video clip of some awesome wrestling, and if you back off a touch, what you see is a good offensive application for ukemi skills in judo or even aikido. Check out these guys' great ground mobility. If you want to begin playing this stuff in judo or
Variations on katatetori ikkyo 2008-05-17 14:40:04 Aiki with Patrick M., John J., John W., and AndyWe did environmental training today - since it was so pleasant outside, we worked out on the concrete slab, mostly avoiding falling, in street clothes and with or without shoes as each person felt led to practice.Tegatana with some emphasis on panther walking.Hanasu with emphasis on #1, #3, and #5.Koryu Dai Ichi section B (variations on katatetori ik Read more:Variations
Striking training equipment 2008-05-18 22:08:39 A quickie question for y'all that do striking arts. If you had to choose only one piece of equipment for your striking training, what would it be? Heavy bag, body shield, focus mitts, makiwara, focus pad, or something else?
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Fundamentals and randori 2008-05-20 22:49:50 Aiki with KelROM, extended ukemi session on a crashpadReleases with emphasis on pushing forward instead of cutting down or grabbingshomenate, gyakugamaeate, udegaeshichain #2, including maeotoshi, shihonage, and ushiroaterandori with emphasis on synchronization, triangulation, and watching the role of tori (or 'boss') trade back and forth between partners during an exchange. This was the first ti Read more:Fundamentals
Mokuren Interview: 'Judo' Gene LeBell 2008-05-20 13:39:46 I am pleased to present the latest in our series of interviews with great martial artists here at Mokuren Dojo. Today we had the opportunity to talk to grappling legend, Gene Lebell. From his website: “In a 50+ year career of high falls and fist fights, ‘Judo’ Gene LeBell has crashed cars, jumped motorcycles, wrestled bears, incited riots and fought some of the toughest men in the world. He
No class this weekend 2008-05-19 22:16:03 There will be no class
at Mokuren Dojo this Friday (May 23) or Saturday (May 24). I will be in San Antonio rubbing elbows with Bram Frank and a bunch of other big name martial artists. Should be interesting and educational. Be sure to drop by late Sunday or early next week to get the scoop on the Who's Who of the martial arts world.. Hope to see y'all at class Thursday of this week and back to
Class cancellation 2008-05-22 12:29:38 Don't forget - no class at Mokuren Dojo this Friday (May 23) or Saturday (May 24).Hope to see y'all at class tonight (Thursday the 22nd).We'll be back to the regular schedule next week
Rudolf Laban on the KiHara chains 2008-05-22 09:53:25 Reposted from an old article here on Mokuren Dojo:Laban’s principles of human motion:side-to-side motion implies (or facilitates or is accompanied by) forward-backward motion, creating motion in a horizontal plane.forward-backward motion implies up-and-down motion, creating motion in a saggital plane.up-and-down motion implies side-to-side motion, creating motion in a frontal planeSo, pure plana
A helpful handful: Improving your seoi nage 2008-05-21 22:56:26 Seoinage is certainly not my tokuiwaza (best, favorite throw), but here is a handful of good pointers that I work on to try to get better...Make sure that when you turn in, your knees are well bent, placing your center way under theirs. You will often want to make sure your feet are closer than hip-width apart and between his feet. Watch the efficiency of the master’s footwork in the first video Read more:helpful
Regional popularity of wrestling 2008-05-23 01:48:01 One of the things that I asked Gene LeBell about in my recent interview was the reason for the regional popularity of judo and wrestling
. Judo is far more popular in Europe than in the U.S.A., and amateur wrestling is only popular in some regions of the U.S., like the midwest, while being almost completely unknown in other regions, like the south. Why is this? Gene attributed it to lack of publici
I'm back! 2008-05-25 21:16:42 I just returned from attending the World Head of Family Sokeship Council 15th annual Hall of Fame, which was held in conjunction with the Internationals Sport Karate and Grappling tournament. It was a very interesting conference, very well attended by a truly international group of participants, including folks from Britain, Israel, Scotland, the Cayman Islands, Germany, Canada, Russia, and the US
Substa-tux 2008-05-26 11:52:10 I failed to mention in my last post that Rob Belote also received an award for Tactical Knife and Long Rifle Instructor of the Year at the WHFSC conference we just got back from. Congrats, Rob. I'm fired up about getting CSSD knife classes cranked up at Mokuren Dojo..As for the wardrobe malfunction story - The awards dinner was a swanky, black tie event so I rented a tux. When I went to pick it up
Variations on shihonage 2008-05-27 22:02:53 Aiki with Patrick M., Kel, and Ross ukemi, including airfalls and flying sidefalls with a spottertegatana with emphasis on hip switchhanasuaigamaeate with emphasis on not pushing past the offbalance, but leaving uke hanging in offbalance while tori slips behind.gedanate - variants with the idea of attacking anything low when you can't attack highudegaeshi/kaitennagechain #2 including the gaeshi-hi Read more:Variations
Dan Anderson 2008-05-27 16:24:09 While I was at the WHFSC conference this past weekend I got the chance to have an extended conversation with Grandmaster of American Freestyle Karate and Modern Arnis, Dan Anderson
..It started out as an informal interview but I didn't have a recorder with me (I bet I don't make that mistake again!) and I got such a great flow of opinion and info that my note-taking ability was rapidly overwhelmed.
Quarter-Nelson 2008-05-27 06:29:23 AM judo with RobFootsweep to control drill to warmupKarl's "creating the moment" material with various techniques, including deashi, kosoto, haraiTKashi, ashiguruma, okuriashi, etc...Moving from quarter-Nelson
directly into submissions. Look for classes on half-Nelson, 3/4-Nelson, and bar-Nelson/force-Nelson in the upcoming weeks.
Randori within constraints 2008-05-29 06:11:00 AM aiki with Robreleases as warmupchain #1 - the first part with emphasis on left-right synch and hineri-gaeshi synchchain #2 - the sharp turn with emphasis on up-down synch and the 'who's the boss?' idea. This led into the idea of chains as randori within
constraints. It is randori with enough structure to make it repeatable so you get to do randori around a set of 4-5 techniques or positions w
Knife class 2008-05-28 19:51:25 Modular knife with Rob & Pat1-4-12 and 2-3-12 drills. I was beginning to flow a little in the first one - not because I know anything but because there is an obvious inherent flow, a structure to the game. The response to 12 in the first drill was awkward for me, but then Rob told me to think about it as if it were shomenate and it clicked. I guess that's one of the benefits of having the Inst Read more:Knife
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Tokio Hirano demonstrates kosen judo 2008-05-28 12:22:29 Interesting video that is titled, 'Kosen Judo,' thought it is hard to identify with what is typically thought of as Kosen judo - hardcore newaza done by University youngsters. This demo of Kosen judo is more reminiscent of the abstract, theory kata of Kodokan Judo such as Ju no kata and Itsutsu no Kata. Interesting nonetheless. Check out all of the other segments of this program at this guy's v Read more:Tokio
Wrist techniques and floating techniques 2008-05-29 20:25:53 Aiki with Patrick M.tegatana with emphasis on sliding the feet vs. not sliding the feet. We also talked about how to hipswitch with grippy shoes on.hanasu with emphasis on getting offline in #2,4,6,and 8 and emphasis on getting a releasing feeling on #5 and 7nijusan tekubiwaza (wrist techniques) and ukiwaza (floating throws) with particular emphasis on the difference between shihonage and tenkai k Read more:Wrist
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