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 find that your students don’t always enter enough for kokynage jo or as some people call it, iriminage? Or that uke doesn’t engage enough from their center, but rather leads with their face so to speak?
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles.
The class was ri...
Do you sometimes get stuck when you’re doing kokyunage jo? I find that even after 40+ years of Aikido, it holds my interest. It’s so, so simple, but provides very rich teaching.
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles a few months ago. I was so happy to have a high ra...
Do you sometimes catch yourself trying to rush a technique? And with Ikkyo, that might mean that you’re pushing down on your partner.
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles a couple months ago.
In an effort to help my students break this habit, I exaggerated the upw...
Do you sometimes try to create a vacuum during your Aikido training? Giving uke the feeling that a rug is being pulled out from under them?
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles a couple months ago.
I find that lots of us try to push our partner to throw them. It’s...
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...
Have you heard people say that Aikido is a form of “moving meditation”? Or maybe you yourself have said that?
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles a couple months ago.
A running theme throughout the 3-day seminar was “zanshin”, which I translate roughly as “sustai...
Do you sometimes have challenges with Tenchinage? There are many possible reasons. One is that Sometimes our lower hand is too tense or not low enough and that can give uke stability, enabling them to stay grounded and not fall.
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles...
Do you sometimes have challenges with Tenchinage? One possible reason is that sometimes our lower hand is too tense or not extended enough and that can give uke stability, enabling them to stay grounded and not fall.
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles a couple mo...
Does shomen uchi attack sometimes feel awkward or unnatural to you? Especially if you’re new to Aikido, it can feel kind of strange and contrived.
Today’s video is another from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles a couple months ago. I was so happy to have a high ratio of white belts to black ...
Do you sometimes slip into auto-pilot doing katate dori shihonage?
Today’s video is another in my New Year’s seminar series that took place in Los Angeles last month.
This is from the end of the last class on the last day of the seminar. Everyone except 2 people did the full 3 days and there wa...
Do you sometimes mistake which hand to use when executing Sankyo ushiro ryokatadori?
Today’s video is another in my New Year’s seminar series that took place in Los Angeles last month.
In this video, we continue the theme of centering, grounding, and expansion that we were working on in the las...
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