Aikido Activity Book
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Find the differences
Sometimes it’s good that the students can do something by themselves. With the ‘find the 5 differences’ kids learn to focus and search for details. These beautifully illustrated Aikido Animals come from the book by Jutta Bossert. The book is about the different type of Aikidoka you can/will find on the tatami (for example at […]
Litsaber class
Learning: Focus on the movements of the ‘weapon’ (Jo/Bokken/Tanto) Attributes: Enough litsabers for your students (or work with little groups) / or use breaklights & tape, and a light switch. Any regular Aikido-bokken class can spiced up with litsabers that glow in the dark. Because of the ‘cutting light’ the focus will be the blade […]
Jo kiai
Learning: learn to focus when giving a tsuki with Jo Material: Pole or jo holding by person Sometimes watching people doing tsuki with a Jo is looking at them using it like a broom. That’s why this exercise is a good one to give them focus. If you have a pole you can do this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]