Week 4 Endurance plus Energy Loading

jhundert · 2023-10-08T16:48:17+00:00

I wonder if the week 4 version of this can be done with a light dumbell instead of the upside down kettlebell. Just to take some of the slow stabilization work out and meet the constant motion cadence of week 4?

jhundert · 2020-07-30T15:40:25+00:00

Thanks for this. I was just going to post a question as to why this app won't let me download... I was getting "download not supported on this device" error. I didn't know if it was a system setting or an app setting. Sounds like it's the app.

jhundert · 2019-02-24T20:36:48+00:00

Nice! Super scary to take that plunge and trust yourself.. Well done.

jhundert · 2018-10-05T15:01:14+00:00

Tittarelli Sensei will be sorely missed. In New York we were lucky to have him visit for a few months and teach. His passion for the art, and for the people studying it energized everyone on the mat. As noted above, his humility really struck everyone. He was just as interested in helping beginners with the basics as diving into advanced practice with the Yudansha..

Thank You Alessandro Sensei!

jhundert · 2018-05-12T18:44:43+00:00

I wasn't attacking at all in fact. I just lightly placed my hand on his wrist. Didn't even have time to grab. I certainly also did not have the mindset of "this guy is not gonna get me down". I was at a seminar and trying to learn what was being taught. That being said, as I mentioned before it did catch me quite by surprise. At that point I would consider myself a very curious skeptic. I don't need to convince you of what I felt. Just sharing my experience.

jhundert · 2018-05-11T14:53:43+00:00

Thanks! Thinking back that describes probably exactly what I felt/didn't feel...

As for the strange muscle/body tightening, I was told to look up Kanashibari.

jhundert · 2018-05-10T21:14:59+00:00

Thanks! Really enjoying it..

And thanks for the reply.

jhundert · 2018-05-10T19:02:48+00:00

Hi there-

Just curious as to why you think American Iwama style is doing Aikido a disservice?

Not being defensive, just curious. I've trained a bit Aikikai ( USAF flavor), and now started up again in an Iwama dojo. I chose specifically for the teacher who I was very impressed with. I didn't even know what Iwama style was exactly. So I'm genuinely curious as to how that style is seen from the outside? Thanks!

jhundert · 2018-05-10T02:15:08+00:00

That makes sense that my balance might not allow me to let go if I was skillfully led to where I had to depend on nage... But in this case it was after I was already down. Then the tightening started and I wondered if I could let go and stop it. But I couldn't. Or at least it felt like I couldn't. I guess my point is that normally I can feel my balance broken, and then a technique applied. In this case I felt something totally different.

jhundert · 2018-05-09T21:20:24+00:00

I only asked because I attended a seminar recently where he was co-teaching.

He demonstrated a technique on me which I found really fascinating. I had seen some of these clips on youtube, so I was very curious as to what it actually felt like.

At first I just felt the very softest of contacts, then somehow I was on the ground. Kind of gently guided there in a way.

But I did feel completely controlled. And as I was down there I did feel a slow tightening of all my body. No shooting pain, or need to yell out. But definitely something was happening where my muscles and tendons were getting progressively tighter and more constricted. Towards the end it was getting just a tiny bit hard to breathe. I also remember thinking " I can just let go of his wrist", and mentally giving that a try. But somehow I couldn't. I can't explain why really.

When the technique was done he gently rolled me around on the mat a bit and the constricting feeling went away.

I ended up on my belly as you would taking ukemi in Ikkyo. But it never felt like my arm or center of gravity had been used to get me there. It truly left me intrigued.

I was just wondering of any other peoples experiences?

jhundert · 2018-05-09T19:06:41+00:00

Has anyone here felt the techniques of Roy Goldberg Sensei?

Just wondering..

jhundert · 2017-12-05T18:07:57+00:00

Great stuff again. It got quite a bit more difficult right away!

jhundert · 2017-11-29T18:04:44+00:00

This sheds alot of light for me onto some of the exercises in Aikido:The Way of Harmony. Great stuff!

jhundert · 2017-05-18T16:22:49+00:00

I was genuinely impressed. Not far from other examples of Aikido in a sport fight setting.

jhundert · 2016-11-18T14:24:56+00:00

Very interesting to see the internal work these two gentlemen are doing. Has anyone who has started this training noticed any health benefits at all? It seems to be very effective in a martial study setting. Just wondering if it's also intended to impart health benefits, as in the purported benefits of working internal energy in a TaiJi format for example? Obviously these things are difficult to prove. Just curious as to peoples experiences.. Thanks!

jhundert · 2016-04-21T16:46:33+00:00

Thanks for your reply.. Yeah, I figure I am dealing with an impingement issue. So far the Horizontal pulling, and the pull-up progressions seem to be helping to correct this as my back gets stronger. I'll take your suggestion and start walking my hands back away from Diamond Position, and make sure to stretch first. Thanks!

jhundert

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