A question for my fellow aikidoist... After a technique has been broken down and properly learned, do you think there is value in practicing the technique...
RE: Practising Techniques when uke resists....Absolutely! I train with Robert Mustard Sensei and occasionally he’ll tell uke to resist (not necessarily for...
... Very difficult question. Part of the problem is defining the expression "properly learned." I think you'll have trouble getting people to agree on what...
From my experience, doing a technique under resistance (after getting what you think are the basics down) is necessary. A real attacker will never just go...
Pasted: Very difficult question. Part of the problem is defining the _expression "properly learned." I think you'll have trouble getting people to agree on...
sure, sure, they can resist...but I tell them that resistance is futile while assimilating them into my technique... serious though, sure, resistance can be...
May I ask - have you ever actually used 'technique' on the street? ... From: "Fred Calef III" <ftfjc@...> To: <yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday,...
kaizen44
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May 17, 2006 7:30 pm
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All things in moderation. IMHO, kihon training should be done with as close to a perfect prescribed attack as uke can muster. The problem with this is that...
OSU! We are very luck to have Chida Shihan, 8th degree black belt and Yoshinkan Honbu Dojo Dojocho coming to the Chicago and Toronto areas in July of 2006. ...
Nic and Anna-Marie Mi...
nicamp@...
May 20, 2006 12:08 am
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We just finished the Jim Jeannette Sensei (Rokudan) clinic here in Bloomington, Il. We a great time, reunited with many of our Aikido brothers and sisters and...
Clyde and the other Senshuseis were doing fantastically ... I saw him/them sweating it out in April at the Honbu. They were having a lot of fun and I really...
Are the Toronto seminars open to all levels, or just black belt and dan Aikidoka? OSU! ... Yoshinkan Honbu Dojo Dojocho coming to the Chicago and Toronto areas...
Good point below. I say that if someone resist a technique to try and "teach" you when they have not specifically been told to by the instructor, then they are...
All levels are welcome. Chida sensei's lessons are so great - they 'speak' to each individual. Beginners get things from Chida sensei's lessons, so do mid and...
Nic and Anna-Marie Mi...
nicamp@...
May 23, 2006 10:50 pm
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Will do. Charles Yeomans...
Charles Yeomans
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May 23, 2006 11:28 pm
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Hi,I have just moved to Toronto.I am from Brazil and would like to train Aikido.Does anyone recomend any Dojo?I found one at Younge Street.This Dojo is run...
You are fortunate in that there are quite a few Aikido dojos in the Toronto area. For a complete list of Yoshinkan Dojos you can visit the International...
Hi Tiago, Craig is correct Kimeda sensei runs his main club at young and grerard - One of his senior student runs a club at York U.. I beleive mick Chanmbers...
Nic and Anna-Marie Mi...
nicamp@...
May 29, 2006 2:20 am
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Wecome to the big Smoke! (Toronto) As others have said already, there are numerous dojos in the Toronto area and depending on where you are, there will be...
Here's a few to check out. These are Yoshinkan aikido dojos only. There are several aikikai dojo's as well but, really, who wants to do that stuff. Sendokan...
OSU! We have had lots of people contact us regarding the seminar - we still have spaces in all classes but the BBQ will soon be sold out - Please remember...
Nic and Anna-Marie Mi...
nicamp@...
May 31, 2006 1:09 am
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Seeing as everyone has been kind enough to provide the basic links...if there is any other T.O. info I can offer, please let me know.... Alan ...
Ooops....the Renseikan dojo (Ward Jardine sensei) should be www.renseikan.com no .org. Sorry Ward. I had it as .org on some master list I had compiled from...
FYI that the 2006-2007 general syllabus put out by honbu dojo is posted on the IYAF website. I've added a link to it from the "Links" portion of this site. ...
... video ... The "IYAF" way? What does that mean exactly. The IYAF dojo's use, most anyways, the general syllabus that is referenced. There's no such thing as...