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Aikido: Kote Gaeshi to Kote Hineri Loop
On the surface, this seemingly simple drill has a lot to offer. For clarity, I will describe the drill for the right side only. You can perform the drill from a static or near static position as you learn the mechanics. Once you have the mechanics move on to a moving form of the drill….
- Aikido | Blog | Judo | Kyle Sloan
Aikido: Backward Rolling
Kyle Sloan This week I wanted to look at rolling backward. One of my fellow students asked me how I go about doing it, and thought I’d share. There are two things I want to note. First, I am using the belt to show the line of the body fall. This is the line from…
- Aikido | Blog | Kyle Sloan
Aikido: #1 Release to Sumi Otoshi
Derek Hall, Uke; Kyle Sloan, Tori; Photography & Video by Rob Goodwill This is one of my favorite “trick” techniques, which depends greatly on timing. We begin with uke making a cross body attack by grapping tori’s right wrist. Tori responds with #1 release. Make sure you do all the right things, especially unbendable arm….
- Aikido | Blog | Jodo | Judo | Nick Lowry
The Price of Knowing
by Nick Lowry Experiment: Read the following aloud A bird in thethe handis worth two inthe bush Almost everyone reads this as “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” Almost no one catches the second “the.” But this error is not because of some lack of intellegence, it is rather caused…
- Aikido | Blog | Kyle Sloan
Aikido: Ground Self-Defense Part 5
by Kyle Sloan, Cameron Siemens, Uke; Photography & Video by Rob Goodwill In order to effectively strike, uke must raise up. You will feel uke’s rising actions. As uke raises up, pull your knees to your chest. Make sure you set your toes in the mat. When uke is up jump forward with great enthusiasm,…
- Aikido | Blog | Jodo | Judo | Nick Lowry
Jutsu and Do
by Nick Lowry Innumerable times over the years students have come to ask the difference in JUTSU and DO, and for the most part my answers have always been to describe the basic surface distinctions; the historical, the philosophical, technical — the simple pragmatic basis of JUTSU as the basic military or soldierly training model,…
