While I'm doing a series on naihanchi, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out this source for a handful of interesting articles about the kata. Check out Colin Wee's posts on Tekki.
Patrick Parker
www.mokurendojo.com
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Someone asked me a while back to post what I consider to be pros and cons of aikido and judo – sort of what I like and dislike about aiki... -
Photo courtesy of OoohOooh I've talked in a couple of posts this past week about defining and measuring ma-ai very precisely so that yo... -
It seems that Japanese arts (we'll take aikido as an example for this post) seem to have a different concept of posture than do Chinese ...
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Some folks like to characterize aikido as a circular martial art. Some folks like to talk about various styles that may be more (Aikikai, Ki...
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Here is a good example of one phenomenon that I talked about at the seminar this past weekend. In these film clips, the point of view...
