It has been a while since I have posted anything. Work has
been very busy and the dojo is still going. In March the dojo as a whole went
to the First State Tournament and did well. For the last several months we have been
mainly working on Kihon and kata at the dojo, however this month I have shifted
gears and been teaching Aikijujutsu. Simply enough I started teaching the
basics of Aikijujutsu and some fundamental aspects of Aiki. Since then we have
moved into the application of Aiki waza found within the Gojuryu kata. Some
people will say don’t you mean Tuite (Toide), well yes and no, while I
personally feel that budo is budo, and that must things transcend style, I try
to let my students know where what I am teaching them came from, where or whom
I learned it from or if I developed it.
Needless to say we are just training and I haven’t had much
to say lately, trying to keep up at work and teach, as well as, continuing to develop
on my own.
