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  1. Thread: Kubi-Nage

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    Neil and I had the same teacher, so it's no...

    Neil and I had the same teacher, so it's no surprise that I also identify the technique performed by Koga Sensei as "hachi mawashi." However, when I first saw the question, my response was: which...
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    Python Autobiography

    Was listening to the radio a few nights ago and one Bob McCabe was being interviewed on his latest offering: The Pythons Autobiography, Author - The Pythons, Publisher - Orion.

    If that makes no...
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    Poll: Peter Thanks for your reply. I had noticed...

    Peter

    Thanks for your reply. I had noticed that many movements are reversed within the standard forms, but had in mind just a few specific movements that are not.

    The very little exposure I...
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    Poll: FWIW: In my own training I try to practice all...

    FWIW: In my own training I try to practice all basic (foundation) techniques on both the left and right. In the last couple of years I have been caught out because of my being too one-sided in (one...
  5. Thread: Got Ki?

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    another possibly useful reference

    Another reference you might find useful, if you haven't already discovered it:

    http://www.ejmas.com/jalt/jaltframe.htm
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    an aside

    G'day Neil

    According to my sources Mochizuki established his Yoseikan dojo in 1931. He continued to meet with and learn from Ueshiba O'sensei until the latter's death.

    p.s. I will be in Port...
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    I too can only give the meaning of the term as it...

    I too can only give the meaning of the term as it is used in our school. Something like gyaku = "reverse" and katate dori "grab / hold with one hand".

    However there is a nice picture you will...
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    I recently found this list quoted in a textbook...

    I recently found this list quoted in a textbook used in a local (school) teacher training course. The original source is an article written by Charles Boag for The Bulletin (an Australian news...
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    I have two questions that work around a...

    I have two questions that work around a particualar issue, each from a very different perspective.

    The first relates to the use of differing terminology by different systems to describe the same...
  10. Thread: Teaching Tips

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    re - tai sabaki

    Like Steve, I have used a jo or bokken aimed at the centre-line to ensure students move around straight-line attacks. (I might even have copied the method from him!) I have also used the corner of...
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    Sorry I'm a bit late to this discussion but at...

    Sorry I'm a bit late to this discussion but at present I have only occasional access to the internet. Mark provided a lot of detail on various koshiwaza, but I hope this is a useful addition. I...
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    Hi Neil. Yes, sutemi waza will take you to the...

    Hi Neil. Yes, sutemi waza will take you to the ground, but there is no reason to stay there! Did you notice Shihan's latest requirements for their correct performance, with followups? Kansetsuwaza...
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    Thank you, Joe.

    I have read and re-read this thread & come to the following:

    Someone who had always been told that a defining characteristic of aikido training is not to “muscle” any technique heard from a...
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    Great topic. Lovely discussion, so far. ...

    Great topic. Lovely discussion, so far.

    Makiyama Sensei in his book, "Keijutsukai Aikido" suggests that the use of excessive force results from disregard of proper ma-ai (distance in space and...
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    Martial artists are not perfect and we sometimes...

    Martial artists are not perfect and we sometimes let our imperfections show. I might suggest that rather than being disappointed in the way some of those who post on this forum express themselves,...
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    More grey areas

    Firstly, Jeff, do not feel alone: I am sure that there are others, like myself, who believe that not all circumstances are easily judged.

    The number of possible scenarios related to this topic is...
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