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ChuShinTani: Aikido grabs, what they are for?
Grabs found in Aikido are not the common grabs most people think about in grappling situations.
Continue readingChuShinTani: Aikido strikes and dealing with strikes
A brief primer on why Aikido has the strikes it does, and how we can deal with strikes delivered by other schools like boxing or kickboxing.
Continue readingSangenkai: Ai no Bujutsu Aiki and the Bujutsu of Love
Aiki completely strips away the feeling of the opponent to fight and their strength. That can be stripped away not only for just a single person, but even when there two, three, four, five or six people.
Continue readingDaito Ryu Aikijujutsu Takumakai: 41st All Japan Kobudo Demonstration 2018
Takumakai include 2884 techniques without weapons, including Tachi and Suwariwaza (techniques performed from standing and sitting positions), with a Taisabaki (displacement) based on the Kenjutsu (sword techniques).
Continue readingChuShinTani: Shoves and lunges in Aikido
How aikido deals with shoves and lunges to keep a correct tactical distance.
Continue readingChuShinTani: Roku Tai no Henko, how to vary the line when pressed.
Tai no Henko is the process of changing the line in Aikido, how to vary the position of our body to that of the attacker in a beneficial way.
Continue readingOld Aikido is Daito ryu
Ueshiba Sensei is respected as one of Sokaku Takeda’s best students. And of course, the foundation of aikido is Daito-ryu.
Continue readingDobroka: Aikido Training Experience at Hombu Dojo – A Class with Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba
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Continue readingSangenkai: The Essence of Aiki: an Interview with Seigo Okamoto Soshi – Part 2
Born in 1894 in Kitami, Hokkaido, Kodo Horikawa began Daito Ryu Jujutsu training with Sokaku Takeda at around the same time as Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba.
Continue readingDaito-ryu Aiki-budo (2) – The basics of Daito-ryu Techniques – Aikido Journal
This is the translation of the second article in the series entitled “Daito-ryu Aiki-budo”1 written by Hisa Takuma and published in Shin Budo magazine between November 1942 and March 1943. It was first translated and published by Stanley Pranin in Aiki News issue #86. Thanks to the help of fellow budo researcher Baptiste Tavernier2, who […]
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