Creating the page for Aiki Ken is merely setting a foundation .....
which is what we all should do if we aspire to anything greater.
Information will appear here but you may have to be patient .....
another essential discipline !!
.... there, two lessons already.
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well .... better start somewhere and some how !
When facing your partner in preparation for practice you should already have been in a state of awareness long before.
(Remember? If you have to prepare then you were never ready.)
Your kens should not touch prior to the practice itself, for had they touched one of you should have taken the energy and entered.
The fact that kens touch and no action ensues is an indicator thet neither partners were truly ready. How often might you have heard the click clack of ken against ken ... sometimes even followed by a knowing embarassment and apology ... when the teacher says, ' First kumitachi, three times and change.'
well .... better start somewhere and some how !
When facing your partner in preparation for practice you should already have been in a state of awareness long before.
(Remember? If you have to prepare then you were never ready.)
Your kens should not touch prior to the practice itself, for had they touched one of you should have taken the energy and entered.
The fact that kens touch and no action ensues is an indicator thet neither partners were truly ready. How often might you have heard the click clack of ken against ken ... sometimes even followed by a knowing embarassment and apology ... when the teacher says, ' First kumitachi, three times and change.'
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When practicing ken variations, (henka) , here shown is a henka from the first kumitachi.
Make sure you keep your thumb and fingers in a safe place .... if you want to keep them that is.
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Slide show, left Sensei Tony Sargeant 6th dan teaching a third kumitachi henka in his Kefalonia Dojo. His student is Sensei Sergei Stoliarov from the Russian Federation. The sequence shows the importance of timing, positioning and posture. |
Sensein Sergei and Sensei Michael at practice with ken at the Kefalonia Dojo
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There, we have made a small beginning .... which is all that we should ask of anybody .... including ourselves.
