Windsong Dojo will be hosting our annual clinic the weekend of September 20-22, 2024. Please join us for a fun weekend of budo, friends, food, and fun! Important Information Where: The clinic will be held at Windsong Dojo, 2201 W … Read More
We miss our dojo. With the COVID-19 outbreak, we have had to shut the dojo doors in an effort to protect our students and do our part to keep the virus from spreading. With the state cautiously starting to open … Read More
The dojo is closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but you can still practice with these aikido, judo, and jodo exercises that can be done without a partner.
In an abundance of caution regarding the recent COVID-19 outbreak, we are cancelling our 2020 spring clinic planned for June 5-7. We hope to reschedule for sometime in the fall. Our primary concern is for the health and safety of … Read More
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 … Read More
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.” … Read More
by Nick Lowry Senpai/Kohai describes a relationship of seniority and responsibility that is used in traditional dojos to help define the roles that we fulfill in training together. Senpai is basically “senior” who is entrusted to act as a mentor … Read More
This is something I’ve been trying to focus on for a couple of classes now. When I find I’m having trouble, I like to go back to the basics. When we execute a drawing motion, such as for honte-uchi, close … Read More
The idea is to take a piece of foam about 2 inches square and tape it to a fixed object at eye level. I’ve also seen this done with a piece of tape being the targe on a fixed object. … Read More
This is a neat way to play with maki-otoshi. This reinforces the curling action and is an easy way to work on spacing with your partner. However, this method of maki-otoshi does not teach you how to intercept a moving … Read More