Zen Week Sept 13th–17th, 2010 with Dan Kawakami & Jake McKee

Dan Kawakami & Jake McKee will lead a morning zazen class. There will be a short lecture each morning followed by zazen (seated meditation) and will end with some mind/body exercises. Start your day off with us and feel calm, centered, and clear all day long. Location: 7441 Anaconda Ave. Garden Grove, CA 92841 Time: [...]

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Aiki Push Hands (with video)

One of the challenges that all Aikido teachers face is how to get students to stop relying on brute strength to move their partners. It was this challenge that led me to develop an exercise that I call “Aiki Push Hands“. In this exercise both partners place their hands together and try to push each [...]

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Ushirodori Techniques with Chris Koprowski

Chris Koprowski made the long trip over from Seidokan of Tokyo to teach a seminar at OCBC in June. In the first video, Chris teaches some techniques to deal with a bearhug where uke holds above the elbows. In the 2nd video the techniques are for when uke holds at the elbows.

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Ki Testing with Chris Koprowski

Chris Koprowski from Seidokan Dojo of Tokyo stopped in last week and taught a special class for us. Chris was in town for the annual Seidokan Aikido camp and I twisted his arm to get him to teach at OCBC while he was here. The first part of class he had us going over “ki [...]

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