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 […]
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 […]
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.
Aim with bokken
Learning: The right distance to make an attack. One person is holding their bokken in front of themselves; this will represent ‘them’ (less dangerous than getting attacked yourself). Where ever the sword will be placed, you have to attack the sword when the uke is ready. Tip: The footwork is not easy, when you keep […]
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 […]
Michelle Feilen sensei (13 min)
This is a warming up by Michelle Feilen sensei from Meishûkan in Barcelona.
One minute count
Learning: You are in control of your own improvement Everyone starts at the same time (preferably with a timer, but a clock or soundtrack does the trick too.) When you clap they have one minute to do as many of <technique/ukemis> as possible. The score is more important to yourself than the group, because you have […]
Crossing shikko
With this warming up / exercise you’ll cross the tatami with 7 different shikko movements.