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Ninja invisibility in aikido 2008-03-04 21:09:28 Aikido with Patrick M., Rick, and MytchiJodo with Mytchi. We worked on rolling the cane from pencil grip to honte, gyakute, and sakate grips. We also worked on #1 and #6 seiteikata as separation events against unarmed attackers.Tegatana emphasizing using ideokinesis to release into shizentai by visualizing forces drawing the crown of the head and the balls of the feet apart (is that enough jargon for you or what?). This was an amazing, relaxing postural fix.Hanasu #1-4Randori as a game of random releases. Everyone was doing great on this.Oshitaoshi (irimi omote and tenkan) emphasizing sidestepping into uke's blind spot and staying there with feelers until you can separate or execute a technique. We also got to play with good locking posture in pins.We talked about several really disor Read more:Ninja
A helpful handful – Tegatana no Kata 2008-03-04 13:12:07 I have previously published a list of 100 terrific things to try when practicing our first footwork exercise, Tegatana no Kata. I have also published some video (I know it’s not very good video) of the exercise here and here. Following is some elaboration on a handful of helpful
hints that we have been working on most recently. .You want to be weight-bearing on the balls of the feet. Specifically the balls of the two most medial toes of each foot (the big toe and the second toe). The heel and the outside of the foot is slightly brushing the ground and helping you to balance on the two long, strong levers on the medial side of the foot. If you try weightbearing on the outside of the foot you will lose power and you will notice a tendency to roll the ankle outward, which is practically the
A helpful handful: aigamaeate 2008-03-02 18:50:57 Consider the similarities between aigamaeate and aikinage (known in aikikai as iriminage). They are really the same technique - or perhaps you could say that aigamaeate is a form of iriminage. Here is a handful of helpful
hints - some of the things I work with my students on.Often in practice, aigamaeate is done as a more direct entry and abrupt atemi, whereas aikinage seems more flowing and roundabout, but either technique can be done either way. Try aigamaeate from a backing-around situation when uke interrupts your tenkan and tries to turn back in on you.Because aigamaeate and aikinage are about the same thing, all the helpful handful for aikinage apply to aigamaeate too. Where there two techniques really diverge is in the relative height of tori as compared to uke. A taller tori wi
Class cancellation 2008-02-29 15:41:44 No aikido class tomorrow, March 1, 2008. I have a Boy Scout thing to go to with Whit. I'll hope to see y'all Tuesday at either the 5:00am or 6:30pm classes..You know what would be neat, in a sort of weird, gruesome way? If we could clone ourselves, let the clones run autonomously (i.e. go places with our kids), then grind up the clone's brain and drink it and get its memories sorta like a flatworm that is ground up and fed to another flatworm gives its memories to the eater. That way we could have some extra help with this parenting thing but we wouldn't miss out on the kids' childhoods like we would if we had a house-load of anthropomorphic android servants....Just thinking. I'm sure thoughts like that run through your mind all the time, just like me.
Junokata and contact improv 2008-02-29 13:45:34 The other day I posted an old video of Junokata and asked, basically, "What does this have to do with judo?" Marks chimed in with a great answer:Although it dosent resemble at all what we call Judo, it does show the principles upon which judo rest, which are body mechanics, balance manuipluation, fluidity and technique. I agree. In fact I think Junokata is a great exercise for developing these qualities, but just to carry this discussion a touch farther, does the following not demonstrate those same qualities to a large degree?
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Thursday aikido 2008-02-29 09:10:03 We had no 5AM class this morning - Rob had a test to study for.. Kid's judo with Gavin, Whit, Mason, and EmmaWarmup, ukemi, spider-crawling alternated with big falls (teguruma) with a spotterOsotogari uchikomi "by the numbers" sets of theee throwing on the last rep and trading partners. Whit was doing especially good on the osotogari, and hammered Gavin once. Gavin tried to whine about it but then started laughing.Osotogari into kesagatameUphill escape from kesagatame. Mason was majorly out-doing the others on this escape with an excellent bridging action.Crawling manAiki with Ricktegatana emphasizing balls of the feet and short, conservative steps.hanasu #1-4 emphasizing the feeling of release.partner evasion exercises using release motions to evase and brush off lunges.suwari kokyuho (kn Read more:Thursday
Arm drag into sumigaeshi 2008-02-28 16:37:16 Here's a good instructional on one way to set up sumigaeshi (the move I threw for ippon last Saturday)...
Ju no kata 2008-02-27 15:23:49 This is a film of Kano (I think, and perhaps Yamashita?) doing Junokata, considered by some to be the most advanced conceptual kata in the Kodokan syllabus, "the kata of the principle of Ju". Junokata bears little resemblance to much of judo that you see today. In fact it looks pretty alien in a lot of ways from a lot of perspectives. What do y'all make of this thing?
PM Aiki 2008-02-26 20:11:23 Aiki with Kel and Mytchitegatana emphasizing falling during the first half of the step and pulling with the front leg in the second half.hanasu #1-4 emphasizing releasing feeling and "stay off me" handschain #3 emphasizing synch and brush-off in kotemawashi oshitaoshi, hikitaoshi, and udehineri.review of shomenate and aigamaeate
The Holy Grail 2008-02-26 15:31:42 Over the past year, the specific techniques that folks have searched for the most, leading them to my blog, have included:OsotogariKotegaeshiWakigatameKesagatameAikinage (A.K.A. iriminage)KatagatameShomenateHaraigoshiSeoinageThat makes this set of techniques sort of a Rogue's Gallery or a Holy Grail
for aikido and judo technique. To me, that tells you a little bit about your potential enemies (Sun Tzu says to know thy enemy and know thyself and you won't know defeat in 1000 battles). If they know any grappling techniques, you can bet they will know these. .I think it’s interesting to know what is on the collective mind of the grappling part of the martial arts world.
5 AM Aikido 2008-02-26 06:28:20 Aiki with Robtegatana, hanasu (#1,3,5,7 are much improved. Work on centering on #2 and #6.)chain #2Sankata #1-16
Some raw thoughts 2008-02-24 21:12:26 Some things from my notes that I've been thinking about lately - unfinished, unpolished, but perhaps interesting. It appears that there are only about four kinds of footwork – the opponent can:scoot toward mescoot away from mestep toward mestep away from meIf he tries to sidestep or circle and I open or close the distance between us then he reverts to those previous four.In self-defense, only "toward me" motion matters. He can't really hurt me running away from me (disregarding weapons) and if I hit him when he is going away it is probably not self-defense, it is probably pre-emptive or revenge.
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Thank y'all 2008-02-24 05:09:59 I want to take this opportunity to thank, from the bottom of my heart, Sensei Jeff Miller and Sensei Dave Shorey of Acadian Judo for offering such a wonderful training experience this weekend. I also want to especially thank my honorable opponent, whose name I missed, but who gave me a great match and a good lesson today..Today I participated in a USJA judo referee clinic and mock shiai at Acadian Judo. By the end of the ref training it was apparent to me that there was no way I was going to get in the ring as a referee, so I jumped into the competitor pool. There were only two people in my weight division and they were beginners, so Dave, who was arranging the pairings coaxed one of the referees into giving me a match. It was my first match with real-shiai, non-gentleman's rules in about Read more:Thank
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Carnival at BBM's 2008-02-22 10:05:21 Black Belt Mama has posted the most recent edition of Carnival
of Martial Arts Blogs on her blog. You'll want to go check it out because it links to several good reviews for interesting martial arts books.
Evening aikido 2008-02-22 07:47:48 Aiki with Kel and RickTegatanaHanasu #1 and #2Chain #2 emphasizing moving the butt so that the hands work correctly without articulating the wrists or elbows.several variants of maeotoshi as "cool ninja technique of the day"
A helpful handful: suwariwaza 2008-02-21 09:46:56 One of the characteristic things about aikido is the practice of working with techniques in which both partners are kneeling (suwariwaza) or with the defender kneeling and the attacker standing (hammi handachi). This makes movement more difficult and offers very direct examples of various principles with generally low-amplitude falls. It also makes your hips and legs stronger and more flexible. This handful of helpful
hints is about the practice of suwariwaza as a whole rather than being about one particular technique. Watch Doshu in the above video to understand the awesome potential for kneeling movement (starting at about 2 minutes). You usually think of kneeling as being less mobile, but this is a remarkable example of mobility and flow. This is also a good demo of suwari.To get better
Morning aikido 2008-02-21 08:15:22 Aikido with RobTegatanaShichihon no kuzushiYonkata part B - Shichihon ura (responses for Shichihon gone bad)Sankata suwariwaza 1-3 and tachiwaza 9-16We will begin next week doing Tuesday 5:00 am classes in addition to our now-regular Thursday mornings.
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Another quickie question 2008-02-20 10:40:36 Y'all have enjoyed and responded well to my last couple of quickie questions, so here's another for you. Actually two questions - or perhaps a two-part question....What portion of the knowledge in your system is transmitted by structured form/kata/drills as opposed to free sparring/randori/pushhands - and how much structured form practice do you think must come before free sparring/randori for optimal training?.Plese jump in and leave a comment with your opinion...
The return of Rick 2008-02-19 20:53:13 Aikido with Patrick M., Kel, and RickWelcome back, Rick, an old head that hasn't been able to work out with us lately. We're stoked about his return and are looking forward to working out and having fun learning a lot.Warmup, tegatanapartner evasion exercises - the aiki brushoff.hanasu#1 - the first wrist release - emphasizing the release feel and synchronization and finding a good time to brush off.randori off of release#1fast-direct oshitaoshi (ikkyo omote) as cool-technique of the day.
Observation time 2008-02-18 11:12:10 We frequently hear cited the “observer effect” in research discussions. This is the idea that you cannot observe something without changing it. Why is that? .Well, among other reasons, it just takes a discrete amount of time to observe something and turn that observation into usable information. If most folks take about 2/10 of a second to make the simplest of observation-reactions, by the time you have observed it, it has changed. .In the case of a human taking one step at a reasonable average speed of about 3 feet/sec then during the 2/10 sec that it takes just to see them moving and realize you’ve seen it, the moving center of mass has moved greater than 7 inches. If the observer is in motion too, the change could be as much as 14 inches in 2/10 of a second..This has some dramatic Read more:Observation
New green belt 2008-02-16 10:58:44 Aiki with KelWarmup, ukemiGreen belt demo for Kel: tegatana, hanasu, Nijusan #1-5. Good job on all of it. Gedanate needs work (but mine does too). Remember same-hand-same-foot on the releases. Work on turning your whole body (i.e. your back hip and shoulder into the pushes during tegatana.One run-through of Shichihon to refresh the orderChain #2, including kotetaoshi and gyakugamae ateRandori for the rest of class
Judo by the numbers 2008-02-15 19:50:05 Kid's judo with Gavin, Whit, Mason, Knox, Emma, and Quin.warmup, ukemiosotogari by the numbers: 1) stand next to uke, 2) stretch your leg out behind him, 3) sweep the leg. Worked pretty good with this crowd.kesagatame, again, by the numbers: 1) knee on the ground, 2) wrap the arm, 3) sit on your butt, 4)hold the head. Again, worked pretty good.uphill escape from kesagatame - no counting this time. worked pretty good except they had a hard time extracting the trapped arm, so I had them step over and pull uke to his back for a pin. This was good for a lot of grunting and groaning and energy expendature. Lots of fun. I even had kids where they would volunteer to be on the bottom of the hold-down..Mrs. Red, Here are the links to the video I told you about. They sure are having a load of fun:-b
Sad and senseless 2008-03-12 15:11:02 Last week Nathan published a post on making sense out of senseless violence. Now it's my turn..This morning, a man entered the Regions Bank office in downtown McComb (my hometown) and killed an employee and a customer. He kidnapped his ex-wife and fled south on Highway 51. He killed his ex-wife and threw her out of the car in Fernwood, continuing south. My mother-in-law was driving at the time and saw him turn into our neighborhood with the passenger door of the car hanging open. He turned again, drove down to the Cemetery, and shot himself, later dying at the hospital in McComb. Four dead within minutes in McComb..For the news stories, look here:Enterprise Journal
Blending and ukemi 2008-03-11 23:24:01 Aiki with Patrick M. and Kel.Warmup with particular emphasis on ukemi. We don't do a whole lot of ukemi during the winters but its about spring and it's time to get back into ukemi. It is very hard, if not impossible to develop superb aiki without throwing all the way into the ground and taking the falls yourself too. You simply have to feel both sides of the relationship all the way through the techniques.Tegatana emphasizing shizentai (natural upright posture) and closing the hands to protect the fingers.Shichihon no kuzushi with emphasis on getting rid of the discontinuities. In this exercise it is both partners' responsibility to blend intelligently throughout the thing. The ukemi on the end is a natural extension of the blend in the beginning.Nijusan hon kata #1-10 with more emphasis Read more:Blending
My Take on Colin's 'My Tekki...' 2008-03-11 21:26:44 I hate to rub it in, but y’all missed out! A while back Colin
Wee of the Traditional Taekwando Blog offered his readers a free copy of his kata DVD, “My Tekki On It.” (Here's the 1-minute teaser trailer) Unfortunately for y’all but fortunately for me, I was the only one who responded, so I got the free DVD and I have to say - it is outstanding..On his DVD, he shows a wide assortment of bunkai for Tekki, illustrating how this single kata could, as Choki Motobu put it, be an entire self-defense system. Tekki has always been my favorite of the Karate kata because of the variety of ultra-practical self-defense application – but what Colin illustrates on this DVD is the fact that Tekki by itself could be the core of an extremely good karate-do or jujitsu system..I enjoyed all of Colin
Dog attacks 2008-03-11 12:14:05 Here are a couple of videos about dog attacks
. The first one about how different types of large dogs make best use of their natural attributes to bring down a man-sized victim. In the second video a policeman has to defend against a large dog and does a pretty good job of keeping the monster off of him until his partner can taze it. How would y'all respond to this sort of attack? What would you do the same or differently from the cop in this second video?.UPDATE: Nathan at TDA has a thread on dog attacks that goes well with these videos. Check it out.Dojo Rat discusses the topic here.
Woman of Ninja Warrior 2008-03-08 19:16:00 This is pretty cool. Check out the previous winner, Ayako Miyake. The announcer sounds like an idiot, but I have to admit his enthusiasm is infectious and her performance is stellar. I'd watch this show if I watched TV.
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