Grip you shall not have
Learning: They’ll learn a firm grip can be opened with one or two hands. This exersise will change your view on grip. (Which can be opened anyway.) Start Ai-hanmi, Katate dori and finally Ryote dori. By making a drinking movement a firm grip can be broken. The exercise can lead to openings of techniques like: […]
Lonely uke
Learning: The way your body should move smoothly without a force pushing or pulling you in a direction. This is a way of working without a tori. So you’ll doing everything by yourself. You can do this exercise like doing kata’s. Or to emphasise a part of a technique. An easy way to make it […]
How to tie your obi – 5 ways
One of the first thing you teach a new student is how to tie their obi. As you might know this isn’t always an easy thing. Sometimes it’s just finding the right method of teaching or tying the obi. So here are five different ways to inspire you and test which one works best.
Chopstick color plate
Aikido brings people together, just like food. With this carfts plate, you can let the kids color the illustration, cut and glew it together. All you have to do is ask the local sushi bar if they have some wooden chopsticks. (Most of them are kind enough to sponsor you a few.) So you can […]
Ukemi stretch
This ukemi serie is more like a core exercise. As you can see it’s done slow and we build up towards standing. For the first ukemi; make sure you put your head on the side while doing the ukemi. It might be a little bit to difficult for beginners (specially ushiro). The second ukemi, for […]
Peter Békési (10min)
A warming up by Peter Békési from Kokoro dojo in Budapest.
Gabor Rekai (22 min)
This is a full body warming up by Gabor Rekai from Kokoro dojo in Budapest.
Kokyu Jo
This is an exercise with Jo, to learn about your and your partners balance. The kokyu ho technique as we know is more difficult, because you can’t raise the arm with the Jo. So you’ll need a willing partner or to do it like the first part of the video. When standing, everyone should stand […]
Christmas class
Learning: Working together will earn you the Christmas code Attributes: PDF prints / Santa hat Optional: Christmas tree and decoration / Red & White balloons / Christmas gift Devide the group in two, ones wearing the santa hat and the others without. (Easier to spot). Basicly we chose different exercises / fundamentals to make this […]
Laser beam
Learning: Always pay attention at your surrounding. Connect two obi’s with each other and let all your students walk around the tatami. Whenever you get close to the laser beam them, will have to jump over the obi. Of course you can also let them get underneath or roll over the obi. Tip: To make […]