Ikkyo, a fundamental technique in Aikido, sometimes presents the challenge of encountering strong resistance from uke's arm. At our recent Aikido Summer Seminar in Los Angeles, we delved into a unique approach to ikkyo that focuses on entering the space beneath uke's arm, rather than attempting t...
Shomen uchi, a seemingly simple attack in Aikido, often poses challenges for beginners and even intermediate practitioners. The difficulty lies in executing the attack from the center while employing the arm in a downward movement. In a recent Aikido Summer Seminar held in Los Angeles, we delved ...
Dive deeper into your Aikido practice, as we unravel the mysteries of shoto techniques in this comprehensive blog post. Have you ever questioned the potential dangers of using shoto in your Aikido practice? Our detailed analysis delves into the reasons behind this vulnerability, shedding light on...
Do you have difficulty with Ikkyo sometimes? I find that so many of us get caught up in fighting uke’s arm and trying to demand that it move this way or that way.
Using shoto is really helpful for this.
Today’s video is from our Aikido Summer Seminar in Los Angeles last May.
The main points I ...
To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of launching my YouTube channel, I’m sharing my 5 most popular videos of the last 12 months.
Today’s video is number 3 on the Top 5 list. Over the next 5 weeks, I’ll be sharing all 5, one by one, finally ending with my number one most popular video of the last...
As I said last week, I’m celebrating the 1 year anniversary of launching my YouTube channel by sharing my 5 most popular videos of the last 12 months.
Today’s video is number 4 on the Top 5 list. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing all 5, one by one, finally ending with my number one most p...
Do you find that you sometimes get locked down when you’re doing shihonage? That you can’t advance forward under uke’s arm?
Today’s video is Part 2 of the first of the highlights videos from our Aikido Summer Seminar in Los Angeles last month.
The class was right after lunch so I thought it mig...
Do you find that you sometimes get locked down when you’re doing shihonage? That you can’t advance forward under uke’s arm?
Today’s video is the first of the highlights videos from our Aikido Summer Seminar in Los Angeles last month.
The class was right after lunch so I thought it might be the ...
Do you find yourself not absorbing your attacker’s force during ikkyo? In an effort to not get overtaken, maybe you keep them too far outside of your sphere?
In today’s video, I’m going to share a couple clips from a seminar I did back in 2017 in Los Angeles. In these clips, I use shoto or short sw...
Do you have unanswered questions about shomen uchi iriminage? Especially, the contact after the entrance?
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles a couple months ago.
In this video, we worked on the contact point of the shoulder and the quality of that contact. We al...
I hope the new year is treating you well so far!
The first video that I shared with you this year was from a seminar I did a few months ago, where we were working on the footwork for shihonage, using bokken and shoto kata. It was a very basic footwork.
Today’s video is from the same class, but ...
We Aikido-ka do a lot of techniques from gyaku hanmi, where the outside of our arm (or the omote side) is facing the omote side of our partner’s arm.
Sometimes we don’t do as much where the inside (or ura side or our arm) and our partner’s ura side are facing each other - in other words, using a...
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