Martial Art Journeys: AikidoA Lifetime of AikidoDigging deep into the long martial arts journey of Bob Jones 7th Dan Sport Aikido, 4th Dan Traditional Aikido, 1st Dan Judo. Bob Jones Aikido Sumi OtoshiQuestion: You have spoken often about a modern approach to learning and the balance between Eastern and Western influences. In your opinion, what makes a good aikido coach?Learning …
Martial Art Journeys: AikidoA Lifetime of AikidoDigging deep into the long martial arts journey of Bob Jones 7th Dan Sport Aikido, 4th Dan Traditional Aikido, 1st Dan Judo. Bob Jones Aikido Sumi OtoshiQuestion: You have spoken often about a modern approach to learning and the balance between Eastern and Western influences. In your opinion, what makes a good aikido coach?Learning …
Martial Art Journeys: AikidoA Lifetime of AikidoDigging deep into the long martial arts journey of Bob Jones 7th Dan Sport Aikido, 4th Dan Traditional Aikido, 1st Dan Judo. Bob Jones Aikido Sumi OtoshiQuestion: You have spoken often about a modern approach to learning and the balance between Eastern and Western influences. In your opinion, what makes a good aikido coach?Learning …
Martial Art Journeys: AikidoA Lifetime of AikidoDigging deep into the long martial arts journey of Bob Jones 7th Dan Sport Aikido, 4th Dan Traditional Aikido, 1st Dan Judo. Bob Jones Aikido Sumi OtoshiQuestion: You have spoken often about a modern approach to learning and the balance between Eastern and Western influences. In your opinion, what makes a good aikido coach?Learning …
Martial Art Journeys: AikidoA Lifetime of AikidoDigging deep into the long martial arts journey of Bob Jones 7th Dan Sport Aikido, 4th Dan Traditional Aikido, 1st Dan Judo. Bob Jones Aikido Sumi OtoshiQuestion: You have spoken often about a modern approach to learning and the balance between Eastern and Western influences. In your opinion, what makes a good aikido coach?Learning …
I have been doing Martial Arts since I was 6 (I am now 38) and I have trained in every type of school. From the spit and sawdust boxing gyms to the church halls and leisure centres, I have also trained in the purpose-built premises as well. And I have discovered one thing; that the premises mean absolutely nothing when it comes …
Who Were the Samurai? Students had to learn and pledge to live by a moral code known as bushido. Bushido placed utmost importance on respect and loyalty for a warrior’s masters, justice, courage, honesty and adopting ethically-based behaviour at all times. If a samurai broke the bushido code, it was considered a huge dishonour. A dishonoured samurai would be required to …
Aikido is a martial art that has a lot of respect but a lot of haters. Steven Seagal made the art popular with his films such as Nico, Hard to Kill and of course Under Seige where he would throw people around and break limbs like most people snap a Kit Kat. However, with the growth of MMA, a lot …
Our reasons for taking up martial arts vary but for most we take them up to see changes. Most people will head to the gym to see changes in their physiques but we know that the martial arts offer changes that go far deeper and in this article, we have broken down seven ways the martial arts change people for …
People think Aikido sucks when it comes to self-defence but they couldn’t be more wrong. I know we have seen videos of Judoka and MMA fighters taking down Aikido trained martial artists with ease and then tapping them out. It has lead to people thinking Aikido is only able to deal with drunks in a bar. In this article, we …