Some of the top Aikido practitioners and instructors in New Zealand and throughout the world are women. Because Aikido is essentially a method of practical self-defence, women find that they acquire a sound basis of quick reaction and effective movement which proves useful if an occasion should ...
there are several people responsible for bringing Aikido to our area back in the 60's and early 70's. That would be Shihan Robert Nadeau, Shihan Frank Duran and Shihan Robert Frager. These instructors are located across the bay. Aikido training near me, in Newark Ca, can be found at Tri...
The practice of Aikido can benefit everyone, regardless of age or gender. Anyone who attends the regular well run classes with BAB qualified instructors, can enjoy and improve their health and fitness, posture, co-ordination and confidence, as well as learning new practical skills, and body move...
Instructors Our three regular instructors have a combined Aikido experience of 110 years! Each has been a student of many of the Founder’s direct Students, including Saotome Shihan, Sugano Shihan, Tohei Shihan, and Sugawara Shihan, and also studied with many other Japanese and American Aikido ...
The one point in the lower abdomen is where we want to put our mind. It is a point 6 to 8 inches below the navel and behind the stomach wall. A point near, in the center of where the pelvic bones are located, a place where you cannot put tension. This low place or point is be...
In an effort to understand his weaknesses, he retreated to a shrine, Kamado Jinja on Mount Homan near Dazaifu in Kyushu, to engage in meditation and austere training. Finally he had a vision that laid before him the use of a short staff (about 4 shaku 2 bu 1 sun: 128 cm) as a re...
Like any physical activity, there is a risk of injury in BJJ. However, with proper instruction, safe training practices, and a focus on technique, the risk can be minimized. It's important to communicate with your training partners and instructors to ensure a safe training environment. ...
Ushigome district of the city (the present site of the Aikido World Headquarters). While the dojo was being constructed, many high-ranking instructors of other arts, such and Kano Jigoro, came to visit. They were so impressed that they would dispatch their own students to study under Ueshiba...
I suspect that my direct experience of systema in terms of training with the two senior Russian teachers is greater than yours and I do have almost daily interaction with serious systema instructors (since their school is on the other side of the wall from mine). So basically, not much ...
It was for the local instructors to take care of, on a regular basis, so that when he came for a seminar, everyone could concentrate on what was more relevant for him to teach – that is, the stuff even the local instructors were not properly competent with. ...