VIDEO: AIKIDO: Shihonage - Ashi sabaki illustrated with bokken and wakizashi, Part 2

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...

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VIDEO: AIKIDO: Shihonage - Ashi sabaki illustrated with bokken and wakizashi, Part 1

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 ...

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WATCH: AIKIDO Tenchinage, Part 2 - Let the upper hand fall - DON'T PUSH

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Today’s video is a continuation of last week’s video, where we were doing a stretch, letting uke do a full backbend.

We noted in last week’s video th...

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WATCH: AIKIDO Tenchinage, Part 1 - Warm Ups (Back bend for uke and neck and shoulder stretch for nage)

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Do you find that your students don’t engage from their center as much as you would like when taking ukemi, but rather lead with their face so to speak?

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WATCH: AIKIDO Seminar structure to engage younger generations while keeping space for older practitioners

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Today’s video will be a little different from my others, in that I’m not showing how I do a certain technique. Instead, I’ll be showi...

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WATCH: AIKIDO Tenkai to Irimitenkan (With short sword and without)

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Do you sometimes get stuck doing Irimi Tenkan? Maybe your arm goes behind you and it’s hard to recover. Or maybe the initial entrance seems to be sticky?

Today’s...

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WATCH: AIKIDO 2-Person Attack SAFELY for beginners

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Do you have many chances to practice 2-person attack? Or is this left just for special classes or seminars?

Today’s video is another from our New Yea...

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WATCH: #AIKIDO - Ikkyo - Integrating #Shoto in #AikidoTechnique. Absorb the attacker's force

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...

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VIDEO: Warm-up - Connection, Engagement, Entering - Kokyunage Jo

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...

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Aikido: Kokyunage Jo - Focus on the opportunity - not the obstacle

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...

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VIDEO: Aikido: Shomen Uchi Ikkyo - Don't rush and don't push down

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...

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VIDEO: AIKIDO - Creating a vacuum to BRING your partner TO the fall

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...

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