AikiWeb Aikido Forums

Got pwned by boxer =-( (Alex Lawrence)

Alex Lawrence — 2009-01-06T21:47:01-07:00

General: Got pwned by boxer =-( - 61 Replies

From: Alex Lawrence on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:47:01 -0700

This scenario presents two of the requirements necessary for Aikido techniques to be applied to the attacker. 1. Attacker rushing in. 2. Desire to control the wrist.

:confused:

jealous wife is cramping my teaching style (Tara Skarbek)

Tara Skarbek — 2009-01-06T21:45:01-07:00

Anonymous: jealous wife is cramping my teaching style - 21 Replies

From: Tara Skarbek on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:45:01 -0700

Maybe you could introduce your student to your wife so that they can get to know each other, then after your wife talks with her she will see nothing's up and maybe they will even become friends! But I'm just a kid what do I know? Tara "Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." -Buddha

Ki, Chi, and "Energy" (Clarence Couch)

Clarence Couch — 2009-01-06T21:28:10-07:00

Spiritual: Ki, Chi, and "Energy" - 217 Replies

From: Clarence Couch on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:28:10 -0700

Gene,Thank you for your sincere answer.....Do you have any thoughts on training the body in a way that accesses ki as you understand it?Respectfully,DH

OK, Dave, respectfully as well, before we go further, let's not "beat around the bush". If you have a direct issue here, let's get to it. I have Stephan Stenudd's book,"QI: Increase your life enrgy" and intend on practicing all the exersizes that it suggests to increase my QI, but other than that, my experience has been what I've been taught in the past and that was exercise my core strength to it's maximum and maintain a healthy diet and cardio regime, but other than that, to focus all my energy into my action and perform that action to the best of my ability and it's always worked for me. YMMV

Bokken and Jo questions (Tara Skarbek)

Tara Skarbek — 2009-01-06T21:18:28-07:00

Weapons: Bokken and Jo questions - 7 Replies

From: Tara Skarbek on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:18:28 -0700

I am having trouble in keeping the my Jo from hitting my head! In class sensei has us warm-up by sometimes twirling the jo around like one would twirl a baton, (Just no over the head deals) for another a explanation, (for those of you who know star wars) we kinda' twirl it around like Darth mal! and I keep hitting my self in the head! Any tips? Domo, Tara

Shodan (Jerome Cervantes)

Jerome Cervantes — 2009-01-06T20:37:06-07:00

Testing: Shodan - 28 Replies

From: Jerome Cervantes on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:37:06 -0700

congratulations karen!! nice job now you can come out to the yudansha seminar in april w/yamada sensei and demko sensei!!!! :P yamada sensei will also be here this weekend for kagami biraki

What's It Mean? (Doka of the Day) (Clarence Couch)

Clarence Couch — 2009-01-06T17:44:20-07:00

General: What's It Mean? (Doka of the Day) - 7 Replies

From: Clarence Couch on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:44:20 -0700

yes, quite nice ,so Izu, the Great Originator, ( who we call God) who was a Shinto god, who shines in the Heaven above, reverberates to Izunome, The King of the Eight Powers, what was the basis for Aikido. Wow, so Osensei was able to use far less words.... Today's is much simpler...... far easier to predict the fading of the evening moon( not as to orbit, which is finite, but as to the clouds covering it) than the enlightenment or delusion of folks..wonder if he said anything about a Lunar eclipse.

Emotions on the mat? (Sarah Hair)

Sarah Hair — 2009-01-06T17:11:00-07:00

General: Emotions on the mat? - 6 Replies

From: Sarah Hair on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:11:00 -0700

I have left the mat in tears after a class from being frustrated with myself not being able to do a thing or just feeling overwhelmed from being in a large group of people who are all much bigger, stronger, more experienced, and sometimes just plain scary. Usually I can actually keep it together while on the mat and just let it go once I get off the mat. This is probably my best case scenario for the time being, though the goal is to not feel overwhelmed or to be able to just let it go entirely. I have been on the mat in tears twice. Once when my sensei just wanted me to work through it, when I had no idea how to do a technique, and he had me just try it over and over in randori. We talked for a while after class, and he made it clear to me that he was not trying to teach me the technique, just trying to let me work through my fear on the mat instead of waiting until after I leave. The other time I cried on the mat was during a demonstration. I was watching sensei teach part of a jo kata, and weapons simply terrify me. I have a very unnatural and incredible fear of weapons. I started crying just watching the demonstration and realizing I was so close to a stick. I pulled it together by the time I was expected to actually do the kata, so maybe I am learning something. No one else saw me crying, and I made it through without incident. I have a point... Aikido is different things to different people. Part of why I love it is that I suck, really, really, badly at it and I enjoy the humbling feeling of doing something that everyone around me is better at doing. I just don't get that in very many other areas of my life and it is such a relief to take a break form being the biggest, strongest, most capable person around. Part of what I love is that feeling of overwhelming fear and learning how to manage and control it. One of my first responses to fear is emotional, specifically, laughing, then crying. On the mat I will be heard laughing to myself often, this is how I deal with fear. If it does not get laughed off after a moment or two, next, I will turn red, my eyes will well up, and I will cry. Like I said, this has happened twice on the mat, and many times off. All of it is training. I am training to deal with situations differently than I have dealt with them throughout my entire life before aikido. All of it is valid training. Your friend has training to do, as does everyone. This just might be a more prominent area for his training than it is for yours. Some people need more training on their ukemi. Some need more training on their irimi-nage. I need more training on managing my fear. Maybe your friend has a similar need.

What's the Difference in Aikido Practice During 60's Compared to Now? (Lyle Bogin)

Lyle Bogin — 2009-01-06T16:44:08-07:00

General: What's the Difference in Aikido Practice During 60's Compared to Now? - 45 Replies

From: Lyle Bogin on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:44:08 -0700

It was easier to get away with less experience back then. Now you need 40 years of aikido to raise anyone's eyebrows. I think the biggest difference is the loss of Tohei Sensei as a pillar of instructional method.

Proper Breathing (Clarence Couch)

Clarence Couch — 2009-01-06T16:21:26-07:00

General: Proper Breathing - 7 Replies

From: Clarence Couch on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:21:26 -0700

Breathing while doing manual labor or sports ( swinging a sickle, baseball bat, maul, tennis rachet, sledge hammer, etc) is as natural as thinking about breathing in before the action and then breathing out DOING the action. What I wonder about is the "belly" breathing. Is that part of Ki? I'm assuming that the whole issue of breathing properly is to increase one's Ki, right?

Connection versus Attachment? (David Henderson)

David Henderson — 2009-01-06T15:33:45-07:00

Spiritual: Connection versus Attachment? - 2 Replies

From: David Henderson on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:33:45 -0700

Religious Restrictions on Training (Erick Mead)

Erick Mead — 2009-01-06T15:03:57-07:00

Anonymous: Religious Restrictions on Training - 116 Replies

From: Erick Mead on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:03:57 -0700

It is very, very, questionable if a Torah Jew can choose to practice Aikido over spending the same time learning Talmud. I admit wholeheartedly that of all the Martial Arts, Aikido as we have received from O'Sensei is as close as a martial art can come to be in concert with Jewish Law.

I am a (not-so) good Catholic boy and a lawyer -- so a whole heaping hopper of salt later -- on the first point, I would ask if Eccl. 3:1-8 does not state the principle on this point: "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: ... a time for war, and a time for peace." The Mishneh Torah discusses the positive commandment "To imitate His good and upright ways, as it is written 'and walk in His ways.'" (Deuteronomy 28:9). Maimonides says that men are called upon to imitate every quality of the Lord, as we are made in his image. Every quality of the Lord -- both merciful and warlike. The Song of Moses (Ex.15:1-2) declares that "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. ... The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name." Some things to think about, anyway.

A teaching mistake (Hiroaki Izumi)

Hiroaki Izumi — 2009-01-06T14:51:34-07:00

Teaching: A teaching mistake - 34 Replies

From: Hiroaki Izumi on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:51:34 -0700

Appreciate your comments Joe. Good place to polish the theory through examination of your own biases and testing out your ideas on others with experience. Enjoyed having my say and listening back. I see your point too. Yeah, different sides of the same coin, etc. Or perhaps Omote and Ura? :) Rock

Kanai Sensei Jo Kata, 1975 (David Soroko)

David Soroko — 2009-01-06T13:33:58-07:00

AikiWeb System: Kanai Sensei Jo Kata, 1975 - 5 Replies

From: David Soroko on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:33:58 -0700

This is from interview with Morihiro Saito, Aiki News #88 ( http://www.takemusu.org/patsensei/ss/aj_91.doc ) : Was the present sanjuichi-jo (31-movement jo kata) finalized before O-Sensei's death? Yes, by the time I learned it the kata was already complete, but when Koichi Tohei Sensei [presently head of Shinshin Toitsu Aikido] came to practice in Iwama it had not yet been perfected. What he learned was different from what I learned, probably because O-Sensei's way of instructing was not yet fully developed. When I learned under O-Sensei his teachings included all of the weapons techniques including the kumitachi. At one stage, there was no one left in Iwama except me, so I trained with O-Sensei by myself. His teaching gradually became more elaborate. Did you teach the kumijo in Tokyo? Not really, except to a few people in odd places such as on the rooftops of buildings. I used to teach the jo as a 27 or 28-movement form, but ended up with the 31-movement form as I found this was easier for students to understand. Just as my aikido has come to be called "Iwama-style," the "sanjuichi-jo" name that I gave to this kata has stuck.

That Evil Technique (David Henderson)

David Henderson — 2009-01-06T11:08:15-07:00

Techniques: That Evil Technique - 19 Replies

From: David Henderson on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:08:15 -0700

Thank you very much. DH

Rhythm (Szczepan Janczuk)

Szczepan Janczuk — 2009-01-06T11:04:12-07:00

Techniques: Rhythm - 25 Replies

From: Szczepan Janczuk on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:04:12 -0700

Actually, we did a lot of rhythm training to drums in FMA. Changed the way I move. Tranlsated well to Aikido.

I�m not very enthusiastic to mix the other MA traditions with aikido. It can be very tricky if not devil. In most cases it creates a disaster. That�s why I prefer to listen the teaching from pure aikido techniques.