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Mokuren Dojo: Why tanto in randori but not in practice?
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. Why tanto in randori but not in practice? We have been told often by our aikido instructors that Tomiki's aikido was particularly aimed at randori - that is, developing a way for aikidoka to pressure test their skills with a viable randori system. And I do think that is. Characteristic of Tomiki's aikido. to a point. But go with me down this line of thought. What is it about th...
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Mokuren Dojo: October 2014
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. Judo has several different modes in which we practice, including. Tori (thrower) and uke (faller) are defined and tori sets up an agreed-upon technique over and over again. The goal is to get many repetitions, so there is no throwing - just repeated offbalance and turn-in. 2 partners take turns throwing. I throw, you throw, and repeat. If you go into randori looking for tori op...
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Mokuren Dojo: Interview: Josh Waitzkin
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. You guys know I wouldn't subject you to a 56 minute video unless it was. If you can watch this guy's 56 minute video and not want to buy his book (. From my Amazon link below. Then I suspect that you weren't thinking about what you were listening to. Subscribe now for free updates. From the Mokuren Dojo blog. February 03, 2009 2:50 AM. February 19, 2009 6:08 AM. 160; In footbal...
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Mokuren Dojo: Core techniques in judo
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. Core techniques in judo. The Kodokan divides all throwing techniques into several groups, or divisions:. 8211; the action mainly happens with the foot. 8211; the action mainly happens with the hips. 8211; the action mainly happens with the hands. 8211; tori sacrifices his upright posture to attain the throw. 8211; leg throws that move uke’s weightbearing leg. This is an unorder...
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Mokuren Dojo: June 2015
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. Violence is not even a thing. We are always talking about how we are all about dealing with violence, "reducing violence," "leading violence to harmony," "Meditations on Violence," and that sort of hippie language. But it seems to never occur to us that Violence is not even a thing. You have to stay at least somewhat safe - after all, we all have other stuff to do besides play-...
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Mokuren Dojo: January 2015
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. If your timing is perfect. I'm slow, I know. But I just realized. When people would ask Karl for advice on "good" technique and "proper" form, frequently he would say, "You can do anything you want if you have perfect timing." He beat us to death with drills that worked largely on timing - and largely on timing of footsteps. Why do we do the same hand/foot straight arm thing?
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Mokuren Dojo: April 2015
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. Tokio Hirano's Hando no kata. I received an interesting message from a fellow who is planning to attend the Summer intensive in OKC this year. He asked if the Nanatsu no kata that I planned to lead was the same thing as Hando no kata. I had to look it up, but sure enough - there are groups of people doing Tokio Hirano's exercises under the name Hando no kata. Aikido vs. judo.
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Mokuren Dojo: The Old Man Paradox
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. The Old Man Paradox. Martial arts are intense body contact physical activities - for most folks. But then you hear stories and occasionally meet nearly crippled old men who can barely move but still have seemingly magical ability. As young men, we don't want. To do martial arts like old men - even though we do want to eventually have similar magic. Help support Mokuren Dojo.
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Mokuren Dojo: Violence is not even a thing
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. Violence is not even a thing. We are always talking about how we are all about dealing with violence, "reducing violence," "leading violence to harmony," "Meditations on Violence," and that sort of hippie language. But it seems to never occur to us that Violence is not even a thing. You have to stay at least somewhat safe - after all, we all have other stuff to do besides play-...
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Mokuren Dojo: March 2015
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New Schedule and Location for 2016. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8-9PM at Rejoice Dance Studio,. 1418 Delaware Avenue,. We all act like lepers. From the time we're born - perhaps even before then - we are playing with motion. We move around for the joy and experience of movement. We walk, skip, run, hop, crawl, dance, climb and wiggle our way around exploring our environment and figuring out what muscles and joints and fascia feel like. We map out our bodies as we map out our world. So I figured...
