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This is the official technical manual and curriculum for Nihon Goshin Aikido. Nihon Goshin Aikido was founded by Shihan Shodo Morita in Japan in the 1940s. It was brought to the United States in 1963 by Shihan Richard A Bowe. The book is presented by the senior instructors of the Nihon Goshin Aikido Association.
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This book documents the Nihon Goshin Aikido curriculum, providing a description of all the skills that students must acquire to reach Sho-dan (first degree black belt) level, at which point they are responsible for passing along those skills to others. In addition, this book will provide
It is our hope that this understanding and appreciation will influence many readers to seek out and enroll as students in our dojos so that this unique and beautiful art may continue to grow and flourish.
For many years, practitioners of Nihon Goshin Aikido have sought a resource to augment the dedicated and arduous effort that they put forth routinely in the dojo. This reference has been developed as just such a resource by a group of the senior instructors of the Nihon Goshin Aikido Association under the technical supervision of Shihan Richard A. Bowe, the United States Director of the Nihon Goshin Aikido Association. It is an adjunct to proper instruction, offered in the hope that it can assist in reinforcing the lessons learned in the dojo.
Contents
Froward
Preface
1 Introduction-A foundation for study
a. Nihon Goshin Aikido-'Where self-defense is a science, not a sideline.'
b. The road so far-A history
Master Shodo Morita-Founder of Nihon Goshin Aikido
Shihan Richard A. Bowe-U.S. Director of Nihon Goshin Aikido
Sensei Robert b. MacEwen-Director of Middletown NY Nihon Goshin Aikido
c. Place to learn-The dojo
The training space
The training uniform
Protocol and etiquette
Conducting a class
Rank and testing procedures
d. The tools of defense
A solid foundation: Stances-Neutral stance; Blocking stance; Chopping stance; Hanmi stance; Extended hanmi; Kicking stance; Jigotai stance
Kneeling stance
Seated postures-Formal sitting position (seiza); Informal sitting position (Kekka-fuza)
In the beginning: Brakfalls and rolls
The kiai
The falls and rolls-Front fall; Side fall; Back fall; Front roll; Back roll
Moving along: Blending-Ma-ai; Taisabaki; Blending strategies (parrying and blending drills)
Seize the day: Grips-Straight grips; Cross grip; Muggers grip; Two hand grip from the front; Two hand grip from the rear
Attacking the subject: Blocks, strikes, and kicks-Blocks (One-hand block, Cross blocks); Strikes (Front punch, walking punch, Chop, chop with a step, upward elbow blow, cross face elbow blow, Elbow blow to the rear, Side tlbow blow); Kicks (front kick, front kick to the side, side kick, side kick to te side, rib kick, wheel kick)
Organizing the tols: The classical techniqes-Rokyu-kyu to go-kyu (arm bar, come along, elbow chop, first wrist technique, front wrist throw, jacket grab, leg sweep, mugger's throw, unbendable arm, whip throw); Go-kyu to yon-kyu (arm bar throw, high bridge, lift up, low bridge, peel off, pivot take down and hold down, reverse wrist, spin around, wheel throw); Yon-kyu to san-kyu (Handshake; Over the back, pull down from the rear, reverse palms lift up, third set wrist, two hand grip from the rear throw to the front, two hand grip form the rear throw to the side, two hand lift up, two hand wheel, two on one); San-kyu to ni-kyu (Arm over the shoulder, back breaker, bear hug throw, pivot over the back, pulling the head down from under the arm, scoop against a kick, scoop throw, slap to the side of the head, twisting the ankle against the knee, unbendable arm against a kick); Ni-kyu to i-kyu (body block, cross arms throw, cross body wrist throw, drop, groin blck, reverse pivot take down, scissors, shoulder throw, spinning arm bar, spinning hip throw)
Refining the tools: Ki development exercises-The concept of ki; Ki exercises (unbendable arm, finger, link, chain link, wrist push, pinky push, formal sitting, informal sitting, two-man lift up, supine position-center rising, supine position-center settling, chest push, chest push-bending backwards, formal walk, roll recovery, bear hug walk); Using the tools: Self defense applications; Tools for children: The junior division techniques
Junior white belt techniques-Front choke techniques; Bear hug techniques; Miscellaneous techniques
Junior division yellow belt techniques-Applications; Wrist breaks; Classical techniques
Junior division blue belt techniques-Classical techniques
Junior division green belt techniques-Classical techniques
Appendix-General rules of conduct for aikido-ka; Senior students
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practitioners of other styles of the martial arts a very broad overview of our unique system and the similarities and difference that exist between it and other more well-known and extensively practiced styles of aikido.It is our hope that this understanding and appreciation will influence many readers to seek out and enroll as students in our dojos so that this unique and beautiful art may continue to grow and flourish.
For many years, practitioners of Nihon Goshin Aikido have sought a resource to augment the dedicated and arduous effort that they put forth routinely in the dojo. This reference has been developed as just such a resource by a group of the senior instructors of the Nihon Goshin Aikido Association under the technical supervision of Shihan Richard A. Bowe, the United States Director of the Nihon Goshin Aikido Association. It is an adjunct to proper instruction, offered in the hope that it can assist in reinforcing the lessons learned in the dojo.
Contents
Froward
Preface
1 Introduction-A foundation for study
a. Nihon Goshin Aikido-'Where self-defense is a science, not a sideline.'
b. The road so far-A history
Master Shodo Morita-Founder of Nihon Goshin Aikido
Shihan Richard A. Bowe-U.S. Director of Nihon Goshin Aikido
Sensei Robert b. MacEwen-Director of Middletown NY Nihon Goshin Aikido
c. Place to learn-The dojo
The training space
The training uniform
Protocol and etiquette
Conducting a class
Rank and testing procedures
d. The tools of defense
A solid foundation: Stances-Neutral stance; Blocking stance; Chopping stance; Hanmi stance; Extended hanmi; Kicking stance; Jigotai stance
Kneeling stance
Seated postures-Formal sitting position (seiza); Informal sitting position (Kekka-fuza)
In the beginning: Brakfalls and rolls
The kiai
The falls and rolls-Front fall; Side fall; Back fall; Front roll; Back roll
Moving along: Blending-Ma-ai; Taisabaki; Blending strategies (parrying and blending drills)
Seize the day: Grips-Straight grips; Cross grip; Muggers grip; Two hand grip from the front; Two hand grip from the rear
Attacking the subject: Blocks, strikes, and kicks-Blocks (One-hand block, Cross blocks); Strikes (Front punch, walking punch, Chop, chop with a step, upward elbow blow, cross face elbow blow, Elbow blow to the rear, Side tlbow blow); Kicks (front kick, front kick to the side, side kick, side kick to te side, rib kick, wheel kick)
Organizing the tols: The classical techniqes-Rokyu-kyu to go-kyu (arm bar, come along, elbow chop, first wrist technique, front wrist throw, jacket grab, leg sweep, mugger's throw, unbendable arm, whip throw); Go-kyu to yon-kyu (arm bar throw, high bridge, lift up, low bridge, peel off, pivot take down and hold down, reverse wrist, spin around, wheel throw); Yon-kyu to san-kyu (Handshake; Over the back, pull down from the rear, reverse palms lift up, third set wrist, two hand grip from the rear throw to the front, two hand grip form the rear throw to the side, two hand lift up, two hand wheel, two on one); San-kyu to ni-kyu (Arm over the shoulder, back breaker, bear hug throw, pivot over the back, pulling the head down from under the arm, scoop against a kick, scoop throw, slap to the side of the head, twisting the ankle against the knee, unbendable arm against a kick); Ni-kyu to i-kyu (body block, cross arms throw, cross body wrist throw, drop, groin blck, reverse pivot take down, scissors, shoulder throw, spinning arm bar, spinning hip throw)
Refining the tools: Ki development exercises-The concept of ki; Ki exercises (unbendable arm, finger, link, chain link, wrist push, pinky push, formal sitting, informal sitting, two-man lift up, supine position-center rising, supine position-center settling, chest push, chest push-bending backwards, formal walk, roll recovery, bear hug walk); Using the tools: Self defense applications; Tools for children: The junior division techniques
Junior white belt techniques-Front choke techniques; Bear hug techniques; Miscellaneous techniques
Junior division yellow belt techniques-Applications; Wrist breaks; Classical techniques
Junior division blue belt techniques-Classical techniques
Junior division green belt techniques-Classical techniques
Appendix-General rules of conduct for aikido-ka; Senior students
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ISBN
9781492262664
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Nihon Goshin Association