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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Judo: Prone Turtle Turnover using Knee Lift
Greg Ables is uke, Kellie Larsen is tori, Chris Wilson videographer.
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Judo: Morote-Seoi-Nage (Shoulder Throw)
Kyle Sloan, Uke; Derek Hall, Tori; Photography & Video by Rob Goodwill This version is particulary usefuly when your partner is taller than yourself.
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Aikido | Blog | Jim Ellison
The Seventeen: Aigamaeate
Jim Ellison (from Spiritual Gravity blog) The second move in “The 17” is called aigamaeate. It roughly translates to forward posture strike. Aigamaeate is part of the atemi waza, or striking techniques. In this technique, tori’s objective is to first perform a balance break. The attacker’s arm moves up, as tori does a hand switch…
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Aikido | Blog | Jim Ellison
The Seventeen: Shomenate
Jim Ellison (from Spiritual Gravity blog) Ju Nana Hon Kata – also known as “The 17” is one of the first katas we learn in our aikido curriculum. This video series will demonstrate each of the moves in ‘The 17’, the way they are taught in our dojo. Please note that these techniques involve some…
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Jodo: Tsune no Kamae Position
by Kyle Sloan The most basic things are quite often the things we teach first. Tsune-no-kamae is a very simple posture in Jyodo, yet we often do it incorrectly. The jo should balance on our middle finger, with our index & ring fingers only slightly touching it to provide support. The wrist and hand should…
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Aikido | Blog | Jim Ellison
Jim Ellison’s Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Jim Ellison (Spiritual Gravity blog) I began practicing aikido in 1979, at the age of 33, and have been teaching it since the mid-1980s. Our dojo teaches a Tomiki style of aikido and is part of the Kaze Uta Budo Kai organization. I recently turned 70, and continue to teach classes a few times a…
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Aikido | Blog | Jim Ellison
Shodan to Sensei: An Aikido Story
Jim Ellison When I first stumbled onto aikido in 1979, I was looking for little more than a way to keep in shape and possibly learn a few self-defense moves. One of my students recently asked me why I’m still practicing…wouldn’t I be bored with aikido by this point? This question got me to thinking…
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Aikido | Blog | Jim Ellison
Aikido: Advice for the Kyu Grades
Jim Ellison (original post from Spiritual Gravity blog) In our dojo, we have four levels between white and black belts: yonkyu (green belt), sankyu (brown belt), nikyu (brown belt), and ikkyu (brown belt with black stripe). While these are still considered beginner ranks, students in this range have been exposed to the basic principles of…
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Aikido | Blog | Jim Ellison
Finding Aikido
Jim Ellison (Spiritual Gravity blog) Life is full of small miracles. Some people like to call them “coincidences”, but I think that “small miracles” is a much more fitting term. For me, Aikido has been a life-changing journey that has shaped me as a martial artist as well as a person, and has heavily influenced…
