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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Happy New Year! I hope your year is off to a great ...

Seminar: Bewegung & Lebenskunst Dojo in Bonn, Germany

With just 2 more weeks until the New Year, maybe you’re thinking of New Year’s goals? Is one of your New Year’s goals to take your Aikido to the next level? To continue improving?

If so, I hope today’s video will give you some insight, inspi...

Do you sometimes find yourself trying to force uke to move in a certain way? Is it a challenge to move in a way yourself that will be more likely to elicit a spirit of cooperation from uke?

In today’s video, I’m going to share a couple clips from a seminar I did a couple months ago in Bonn, Germ...

Do you ever use wakizashi or other shoto as a kind of "pointer"?

In today's video, I'm share a couple clips from a seminar I taught back in 2017. In these clips, I use wakizashi more like a "pointer" of sorts to show students where their focus is directed or to remind them of where their focus a...

Do you ever use wakizashi or other shoto in your training?

I really like using wakizashi in my training. It provides a helpful reminder to not push or pull our partner.

And sutemi waza is a lot of fun, provided that the participants have the skill to safely take the ukemi. [Careful!]

Do you ever use wakizashi or other shoto in your study of Ikkyo? I sometimes like to study Ikkyo by comparing sitting, standing, empty-hand, and wakizashi.

Using Wakizashi is super interesting and helps keep you from pushing on your partner.

Here's a video with a couple clips from a recent clas...