Comments on: Aikido Bokken Kata 1-5 http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/10/16/aikido-bokken-kata-1-5/ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:06:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Aikido Man http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/10/16/aikido-bokken-kata-1-5/comment-page-1/#comment-170710 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:19:36 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129026#comment-170710 Using bokkens in Aikido is a great way to understand timing and distance, also trusting your uke to help if you make a mistake with your bokken…

]]> By: Cheng http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/10/16/aikido-bokken-kata-1-5/comment-page-1/#comment-4163 Mon, 15 May 2006 22:20:45 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129026#comment-4163 I didn’t notice too many differences in the strikes: shomen is shomen. Stances are slightly different and have names, but that’s about it. The kata, of course, are pretty different, in that the aikido kata have a more “fencing” aspect to them.

What differences did Itai see? The bokken kata above would be the same for any Aikikai/Aikido Schools of Ueshiba dojo, I think.

I haven’t seen kendo, so I don’t know what they do. There’s a iaido class in the dojo, but I never took part, and I think they’d work differently, as I’m under the impression there’s a strong emphasis on drawing and cutting, rather than movement, parrying and cutting.

]]> By: Adi Zukerman http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/10/16/aikido-bokken-kata-1-5/comment-page-1/#comment-4160 Mon, 15 May 2006 19:41:34 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129026#comment-4160 How does the shomens and such differe from what Shihan Berrios showed us? Itai did some bokken work out in Cali and he said some of the basics were pretty different.

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