Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Ota Sensei!

I will never meet this man, but he is an inspiration! He will be turning 100 years-old soon ... and he still practices every day!


Actor Makes Living Gettng Killed By Samurai

This is just a fun article that I came across! Enjoy!

http://on.wsj.com/S8BuNB

Monday, May 12, 2014

Aikido (Empty Handed) Weapons Techniques

Here are a few videos posted by the International Aikido Federation. They took place at the 2013 SportAccord World Combat Games in St Petersburg, Russia.

The first is the Russian team demonstrating weapons taking techniques.


Next is the Japanese team demonstrating empty handed  techniques against knife (tanto).


And finally the French team demonstrating empty handed techniques against staff (jo).


Fun stuff!

Sunday, May 11, 2014