Bokken training manual

First, by understanding what powers the katana you get to use your body as a weapon. This promotes an awareness of muscle coordination, and a keen understanding of body positioning. Katana training is the ultimate exercise in functional fitness. Second, training with a katana is a journey of exploration. The moment you pick up your bokken you become a Samurai. Your opponents are arrayed before you. Your task is to use your body as efficiently as possible to tirelessly make your weapon work.

In that mental game you find ways to do what you want that are dictated by what your muscles will let you do and what the weapon you use can do.

Few exercises have as strong a mental component as playing around with a katana, plus, when you do it long enough and fast enough you begin to feel the benefits in the strength of your arms, the suppleness of your wrists and the power of your shoulders. What Does This Mean? The same logic applies to any strike in any direction. Get Fit — Have fun Despite the manuscripts that have survived through the ages and the many schools of armed martial arts the exact way that katanas were used in battle is still an open question.

Hey Gerry Thanks for this excellent video on Bokken technique. Really well delivered revisions of basic principles. Cheers G. Thank you, really helpful. Extending ki through the weapon is one of my challenges. Is this extension of ki the same when using the jo? Yes, the idea and practice of extending ki applies to jo as well. By consciously extending ki, you develop the feeling of the bokken or jo as moving with you, rather than you trying to move it.

Applying that feeling with an aikido uke will change the feeling of the aikido technique. It is challenging at first. One way to practise is with the bokken or jo, you could get someone to "test" by pushing and pulling the end of the weapon, or gently trying to move it aside. They will feel a resistance that is not there if you are not extending ki.

Hello Gerry I am looking for either an online practise or a recommended dvd please.. Hi David, thanks for your request. To tell you the truth I am not aware of any good DVD on the net. It appears to be based on the Iwama approach, which is different from the instruction of my teacher Sensei Ken Williams. There are no DVDs from his style that I know of, as it was all taught in person. Your email address will not be published. Subscribe to newsletter.

By Gerald Lopez on April 11, When facing an opponent who is wielding a jo staff, or short staff, you can trap the shaft of their weapon underneath your armpit within battle, effectively disarming them.

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