September 22nd, 2011
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Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peace. First observed on September 21, 1981, the goal has always been a day free of armed hostilities in the international community.
The state of the world, also yesterday:
Former Afghan president assassinated.
Civil war draws closer in Yemen.
Africa continues its seemingly never ending war with itself.
We have a long way to go.
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September 21st, 2011
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Editors Note: This is the third in a three part series regarding our Fall 2011 seminar with Peter Bernath Sensei. You can find all three posts under the video tag. Enjoy!
During the third class, Sensei demonstrated tanto waza, including a devastating choke from tsuki. Note the role of uke and nage in the first technique (tsuki shihonage), which I think is more subtle than it appears.
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September 20th, 2011
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Editors Note: This is the second in a three part series regarding our Fall 2011 seminar with Peter Bernath Sensei. You can find all three posts under the video tag. Enjoy!
Here, Sensei demonstrates more variations of iriminage, shihonage, and kokyunage.
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September 19th, 2011
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Editors Note: This is the first in a three part series regarding our Fall 2011 seminar with Peter Bernath Sensei. You can find all three posts under the video tag. Enjoy!
This first video features kokyunage, shihonage, and iriminage. I’ll follow up in a later post about that shihonage, from my perspective as uke.
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