Archive for the 'Aikido' Category

Alan Ames – My First Tomiki Aikido Teacher

Alan Ames when he was an Aikido teacher in Sydney Australia

Aikido Animated GIF

Want an Aikido Animated GIF ? – We have more than one dozen great Aikido animated GIF images of Shodokan Aikido throws and holds performed by Tetsuro Nariyama Shihan, 8th Dan chief instructor of the JAA..

Easy Aikido Moves To Save Your Hide

Are you looking for easy aikido moves to save you from taking a beating? If so, you’ll find this article useful.

Aikido Joint Locks and Restraint Holds

Aikido has many ways of keeping a good man down on the ground where he cannot try to hurt you any more. If your opponent tries to get away, you can break his arm or leg easily.

Shikko Knee Walking

Do you think you can defend yourself while sitting down or kneeling? That’s what this Samurai knee walking is all about.

Stretching Exercises and Aikido Warm-Ups

Aikido exercises are divided into two categories, those for stretching and getting your heart pumping fast at the start, and routine movements designed to teach you the basic building block skills of this martial art.

Aikido Katas

Kata Aikido can be formal high-level routines, or they can be how Aikido beginners learn a technique step-by-step through near-perfect repetition.

Is There Such a Thing as Free Aikido?

Answers to a website visitor who asked about the Master/Student relationship in Aikido, and another who wanted to train martial arts for free.

Can Someone Over 40 Do Aikido?

There’s always a risk of injury when you play sport, and martial arts like Aikido also have their dangers. See here how we handle them.

Aikido Equipment

You don’t need much aikido equipment to get started with this martial art, in fact it is quite affordable.

Aikido Competition

Aikido competition exists, but only in the Aikido style founded by Morihei Ueshiba’s first 8th-dan student, who was also a master of Judo.

NSW Tomiki Aikido Club at North Ryde

The NSW Tomiki Aikido Club was formed as a breakaway group from the Australian Aikido Association’s Sydney group, which used to meet at Willoughby Park Center, near Chatswood north of Sydney.

John Gay (1918 – 1996)

John Gay, Shihan, was the head of the Australian Aikido Association and the representative of the JAA in Australia.

Aikido’s Unbendable Arm

Unbendable Arm is an Aikido exercise used to demonstrate Ki. A volunteer is asked to bend the arm while the person demonstrating resists using arm strength.

How Long to Earn a Black Belt in Aikido?

How Long to Earn a Black Belt in Aikido

Steven Seagal Aikido

What’s really behind Steven Seagal Aikido? Is it just an act, or can he really do this stuff?

Aikido Martial Arts Demonstrations

How to do an Aikido martial arts demonstration to bring in new students.

Koryo Katas – Old Style Aikido

The Koryo Katas of Shodokan Aikido preserve many of the Samurai close-quarter battle skills which have come down from Daito Ryu and other Jujitsu styles of Budo martial arts.

Goshin no Kata (Koryo Dai San)

Video clip of the Goshin no Kata or Koryo Dai San kata of Shodokan Aikido (Tomiki Aikido).

Real life self defense is different from the dojo

Trying to defend yourself in real life is quite different from training in the dojo. It is much more difficult.