Martial Arts and Modern Life

Aikido is a 20th-century offshoot of jiu-jitsu, whose core empty-hand techniques are -- unsurprisingly -- drawn from jiu-jitsu. Since aiki...

I am just back from the mid-year grading presentation at our Honbu (HQ), where grading certificates were presented to everyone who passed a ...

I haven't been blogging that much recently, partly because I've been getting ready for my marriage to another (more popular) blogger...

Last class I put Jeremy, Lejoe and John through a practice grading.  In our gradings the student demonstrates a range of techniques in front...

Although there are a bunch of advanced themes I could choose to go onto, the nature of my class --- heavy in beginners -- is such that I wan...