May, 2008

Integrating internal training into your aikido

Had a recent discussion with my friends at the Itten Dojo in Pennsylvania, who are trying to integrate internal training (solo exercises) into their aikido practice. A dilemma can occur when trying to “insert” the acquired power into …
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Article on Yahoo.com front page

Actually, only one state, New York, enacted a mixed martial arts ban into law, a statute that remains on the books (hence why Saturday’s CBS show is across the river in Newark, NJ). The difference is the UFC refuses to promote in places …
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“Lost Seminars” DVD set now includes 4 volums at 35% off!

We have now produced four volumes in this outstanding set of aikido pedagogical DVDs that warrant a prominent place in every aikidoka’s collection. These programs consist of videotape of rare seminars conducted by Saito Sensei during …
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Wrist techniques and floating techniques

Aiki with Patrick M. tegatana with emphasis on sliding the feet vs. not sliding the feet. We also talked about how to hipswitch with grippy shoes on. hanasu with emphasis on getting offline in #2,4,6,and 8 and emphasis on getting a …
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Rose Bar Gatekeeper Nur Khan Likes Meat and Martial Arts

He also practices martial arts — several years ago, when he spent eight months training at Shaolin Temple, he had to forgo meat and found he wasn’ta big fan of a vegetarian diet. Anyway, who wants to be a vegetarian when you’re buddies …
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Here’s the review from this weekends seminar

So, as some of you may remember, my sensei Don Hebert and I went down to Baltimore last weekend for a weapons intensive. In preparation I purchased a sample suit of kendo armor since it was a full contact event and I thought it would be …
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Throw yourself onto the mat for new martial arts class - Wetherby Today

Throw yourself onto the mat for new martial arts classWetherby Today, UK -6 hours agoBy Staff Copy JUNIOR martial arts lovers will soon be able to enjoy weekly aikido classes in Wetherby. Lessons for youngsters aged six to 15 will start at …

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Conditioning, training, fighting and age.

I’m not new to training and have been training in martial arts and fighting in one form or another since childhood. Nothing on the level of MMA though. The closest I came to fighting this intensely was my years in Kyokushin karate which …
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Miami Herald Rips Mixed Martial Arts

CBS-TV lends the fraud-sport grandly calling itself Mixed Martial Arts the false imprimatur of legitimacy by this week inaugurating a new prime-time series, EliteXC Saturday Night Fights — with Miami’s own inexplicably popular Kimbo …
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The Tradition of Martial Arts Games

Martial arts games have been a part of the video game landscape for a long, long time. The recent release of the video game based on the Naruto Uzumaki is another in a long line of cool and classic martial arts video games. …
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