ENG: Finally some members who were injured and who were on vacation are back. It was a great class and we all – including me – had lots of fun. I try to savor every minute in the dojo and train with all the members with fun. One particular member,
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Yesterday we worked on Chi no Kata and moved to some other movements… some more, some less painful. Gestern haben wir die Chi no Kata und sind dann zu weiteren Übungen gewechselt… einige mehr, andere weniger schmerzhaft.
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EN: We are all vaccined and 100% received their 2nd shot. Up until this week we kept training with weapons only and we start to work on taijutsu as long as it is possible. Who knows what the next months will bring us. Here is a snippet from yesterday’s training.
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EN: Yesterday we worked a lot with ukemi, used the Jo with ukemi and then some basic movements (kamae, ukemi) with the stick. Close to the end we worked a bit on Taijutsu and trained with contact and no weapons for the first time. DE: Gestern haben wir viel Ukemi
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ENG Our first approach in working in Kukishinden Ryu Jô-Jutsu started in October 2020, shortly before we went to our second and harder lockdown. I still remember as a kid hearing of „curfews“ and I never expected to ever experience it myself… even more in the city I live in.
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ENG: A year ago RTL Nord (local TV branch of a national broadcaster) featured us in a segment about activities to start with in Hamburg aside from the usual sports activities. The segment was broadcasted in Summer 2020 after the first restrictions due to COVID-19 were lightly lifted. Unfortunately the
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EN: Of course first and foremost training alone should not be strange. There is so much, what can be done alone. Provided of course you have proper guidance, solitary training is vital to internalize certain movements so that in regular training less explanation is needed and one can move on
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Some snippets from our training from 2018 and 2020. We worked on Rokushakubo in 2020 fitting the „social distancing“ due to COVID-19, Muto Dori in 2018 with some things Fernando has been shown in Japan and Taijutsu in 2020. Ein paar Ausschnitte von unserem Training von 2018 und 2020. Wir
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ENG: In 2019 we worked on Koto Ryu. While this may not be 1:1 the kata it was influenced by Hoteki. What some people (including me) of my dojo miss sometime is the necessity of lowering your body. Somehow I believe this video is a good example that evading does
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DE: Wer hat das damals nicht gedacht? „Aufwärmen mit Ukemi?! Schon wieder? Warum?“ oder „Uff, das wird anstrengend, schnell hinter mich bringen!“. Nun, ich gehörte auch dazu. Ich wollte, dass das richtige Training los geht. Das war schon der erste Fehler, denn das Training ging dort bereits los! Unabhängig davon,
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