1. Sword-drawing. 2. Drawn sword; naked blade.
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Josh GoldRolf Brand
A pioneer aikido teacher who began his martial arts training as a judoka. Brand became head of the Aikido Section of the DEUTSCHER JUDO BUND in 1970. Through Brand’s influence, this group came under the technical...
Bukiwaza 武器技
. Weapons techniques. In aikido, this refers to techniques executed mainly with the JO and KEN or occasionally with the YARI or JUKEN.
Chinkon Kishin 鎮魂帰神
Calming the spirit and returning to the divine; a mystical breathing and meditative practice for uniting the divine and human spirits used frequently by Morihei UESHIBA. Originally a shamanistic technique, chinkon...
Christopher David Curtis
(b. 23 June 1944). 7th Dan Ki no Kenkyukai. Landscape Design / Builder. B. in Upland, California. B.A., Theater Arts, Carnegie Mellon University. First taught aikido by Shin’ichi SUZUKI in 1974. Trained in Japan...
History of Aikido in Denmark
The origins of aikido in Denmark can be traced back to c. 1964 when Bent Jacobsen and Niels B”dtker first learned from an Englishman. Jacobsen obtained an invitation in 1967 to attend a ten-day seminar with...