Martial Arts – CJC.org http://www.cjc.org/blog Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:12:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Aikido Bokken Kata 1-5 http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/10/16/aikido-bokken-kata-1-5/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/10/16/aikido-bokken-kata-1-5/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:02:25 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129026 For my own reference. It’s hard to do a clean step-by-step table, mainly because some actions are combined. Some vocabulary can be found here. Kata 1 (attacker wins) # Attacker Defender 1 From chudan, ...

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]]> http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/10/16/aikido-bokken-kata-1-5/feed/ 3 Itai and Gearoid, Ikkyu and Gokyu http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/09/30/itai-and-gearoid-ikkyu-and-gokyu/ Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:07:48 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129021 I was in New York earlier this week to help uke for promotion tests at my old dojo, with Itai testing for ikkyu and Gearoid (who I hadn’t met before) ...

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]]> Cross-hand Sacrifice Throw http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/05/27/cross-hand-sacrifice-throw/ Fri, 27 May 2005 10:37:39 +0000 /?p=128978 I was thrown in an interesting way during light pre-class randori with one of the blackbelts last evening: While fighting for grip, tori grabs uke’s right sleeve with his right hand ...

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]]> Gokyu (Part 2) http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/30/gokyu-test/ Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:40:01 +0000 /?p=128959 The weather was the nicest it’s been in months, so last night’s judo attendance was low. Besides me, the instructor and an older black belt were the only ones ...

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]]> Judo Gokyu http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/18/judo-gokyu/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/18/judo-gokyu/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:19:34 +0000 /?p=128953 I’ve gotten my papers for a judo gokyu test (green belt; there’s no yellow belt). Interesting, there’s a written section where I have to describe the slogans, principles, etc., ...

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]]> http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/18/judo-gokyu/feed/ 1 Ippon! http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/02/16/ippon/ Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:18:54 +0000 /?p=128943 I got a clean throw off against a resisting brown belt during randori last night! The instructor was actually standing right there with his stopwatch and pointed it out. ...

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]]> Minor skin loss http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/02/12/minor-skin-loss/ Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:37:18 +0000 /?p=128939 Bizarrely, in the space of a week, I’ve lost a little bit of skin at each of the places I get my exercise, all in consectutive sessions. In the ...

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]]> Oberlin Aikido http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/01/31/oberlin-aikido/ Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:13:32 +0000 /?p=128934 January is Winter Term at Oberlin College, the interstitial between the proper Fall and Spring terms, for students to have three weeks for non-standard coursework or independent projects. Oberlin ...

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]]> Judo Randori Notes http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/01/26/judo-randori-notes/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/01/26/judo-randori-notes/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:06:11 +0000 /?p=128933 Some notes from last night’s judo class, before I forget (as if I remember anything during randori anyway), to address my problems of entering when uke is bigger, heavier and ...

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]]> http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/01/26/judo-randori-notes/feed/ 2 Mid East Cudell Judo http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2004/10/23/mid-east-cudell-judo/ Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:12:32 +0000 /?p=128914 The aiki-waza didn’t work at all during judo randori, beyond amusing the main instructor. Same for my lame attempt at getting a joint lock on the arm he was ...

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