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...

Do you sometimes mistake which hand to use from ushiro ryokatadori, when executing kotegaeshi?

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 ...

Do you sometimes hit a snag executing techniques from 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 last two video...

Do you sometimes feel overpowered when executing techniques from katadori?

Today’s video is from my New Year’s seminar that took place in Los Angeles earlier this month. There's a short review of last week's video and then it picks up where last week’s video left off.

You may remember that last...

Do you sometimes feel overpowered when executing techniques from katadori?

Today’s video is from our New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles just a few weeks ago. In this video, we work on grounding and expansion exercises from katadori. The idea is to stay grounded while overextending uke by expandin...

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 ...