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 […]
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 […]
On Your Spot
This warming up is a sequence of exercises you can do on the spot with a partner. For example you can do each exercise 15 or 20 times, before continuing as a group to the next exercise. If you like you can challenge the ‘teams’ to do it quickly, for those who finish last have […]
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 […]
DJ on the floor
Learning: Create abbs by turn and twist. Also use your hands to keep distance to your partner. Not just great idea to clean the tatami, but also get some great abbs. One partner stands and the other lays down on the floor with the belly on the tatami. The one standing should try to touch the […]
Pile of Aikidokas
https://vimeo.com/347944965 Learning: Even when you think something is stuck, it can come off. Just like in Aikido. Attributes: Non Make a few piles of Aikidokas, stacked on top of eachother. Every layer has to grab real tight, to make more difficult for senpai. Each pile has a senpai who has to unravel the pile of […]
Keep Straight
Learning: Keep your head up and your posture will follow Attributes: Book(s) By bringing a stack of books, you can execute this way of working. Of course you can use flip flops as an alternative. Before you start doing a technique put a book on top of your head and start performing the technique. The goal […]
Roll and go!
Learning: Some of these techniques can make you tired! The main goal is to keep your students active and moving. Start in the middle and let them perform a . The uke makes an ukemi, but has to run to the edge of the tatami and than come back. Then after 4 times they have […]
Your island
Learning: This method can be applied to every start of laying down the tatami. It makes the kids aware why they should be on time to put down the mat. (If everyone puts down 3 mats, you’ll have exactly enough space to work on.) -> if they are not on time space is too tight […]