Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Aikido and the Blade

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My study of Aikido began with my first visit to Sutrisno Sensei’s dojo, His students were practicing an 8 drill aikido exercise.   I wat...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Kakushite - the Hidden Hand

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A continuation on the theme of kata applications is found  in an old issue of Black Belt magazine. Fumio Demura discusses and illustrate...
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Monday, July 22, 2013

A Look at Kata Application

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If we look at this photo of Miyagi Sensei observing his students at practice you can see they are doing kata applications. More s...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

Continue to think about the past and move along

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Black Belt Class 10.04.2002 I focused on lower body development today, especially as a tool in application analysis. First we ...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Sherman Harrill and Some Motobu Choiki self defense techniques found in Sunsu Kata

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Jeff Perkins shared the photos form his files. They are of Sherman Harrill demonstrating the Motobu Choiki self defense techniques found i...
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Saturday, June 29, 2013

Embrace the Ground

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One of the first studies I had in the Isshinryu of Tom Lewis was the basic kicking drills of our system. The first   night I learned what to...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

The Possible Motobu Choki SunNuSu Kata Connection

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When Motobu Choki demonstrated his Karate-Jutsu in one of his early books it is possible these techniques were retained by Shimabuiku Tatsuo...
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