Aikido Study Guides Available
Windsong aikido students: Are you getting ready for a belt promotion? We’ve created some handy study guides to help make sure you are prepared.
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Aikido: Kote Gaeshi Sit-n-Spin
Cameron Siemens, Uke; Photography & Video by Rob Goodwill This is a fun little drill. It relies heavily on timing and use of center Begin holding kote-gaeshi. Uke sits down. Just as his buttocks comes into contact with the mat… … step back. Use the power of your center rather than arm strength to make…
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Transmission by Feel
by Nick Lowry A student once asked a zen teacher about “Transmission” and wondered how a clear message, a clear and undiluted dharma reality, could be transmitted from person to person across time and culture, from the historical Buddha’s time to our own… “But, isn’t it like the old party game where one person whispers…
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Shobu and Shiai: Winning and Losing in Ultimate Fights
by Nick Lowry Head to head in a competition-a real “technician” will probably get beat by a real “champion”- and a real champion will probably be able to repeat that amazing feat a few times in a given day–where the real technician excels is in wiping the floor with everyone else continuously and repeatedly all…
COVID-19 Windsong Protocol
COVID-19 Dojo Safety Windsong dojo re-opened for in-person classes in June 2020. At that time, the decision was made to limit our classes to existing members of the dojo. In an effort to limit interactions and keep our students safe, the board decided to extend this through at least November 2020. We will NOT be…
YouTube Training Videos
Are you trying to figure out the weapons techniques in Koryu Dai Yon kata? Want to learn how to escape from the turtle position in judo? Figure out how to hold a jyo stick? Or even catch up on one of the budo clinics from years past? There are hundreds of videos available on the…
