Warming up Jo
This is a non traditional warming up with Jo’s taken to the Aikido class.
Jo switch
Learning: connect with your surrounding, know where your partners are and pay attention to auditive sound to respond as quickly as you can. Everyone takes their Jo (make sure they know which one is theirs) and start walking in the dojo, like an old man. When the sensei claps once, everyone has to freeze. If they […]
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: […]
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.
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 […]
Kicking and Dodging with Obi
Learning: Kicking and dodging over the obi makes you want to get better In this video you’ll have 4 obi exercises, two focussed on dodging and kicking. For the kicking exercise. Take one (or two) obi, and hold it with your partner. Give one side of you obi to your partner under your legs. Now […]
Jo on the spot
This is a sequence of different jo exercises you can do as a warm up. But also do them separately an X amount of times. Tip: Like all exercises, it’s good to gain some muscle but don’t over do it.
Push-ups
These 8 different ways of doing pushups are like the abb crunches and can be seen as exercises or parts of a warming up. Of course you can also combine them with a fun-damental (for example when a theory answer is wrong). Tip: Like all exercises, it’s good to gain some muscle but don’t over […]
Abb crunches with two
These 5 ways of abb crunches are done by two people and can be seen as just as an exercise, or warming up. If you want you can combine it with a fun-damental (for example when an theory answer is wrong and both people have to do this exercise) Tip: Like all exercises, it’s good […]