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Every word of every class is indexed, and the dojo handbook answers alongside the classes. Your search bridges English and Japanese/Aikido vocabulary (falling ↔ ukemi, breath ↔ kokyu, off balance ↔ kuzushi), then ranks the best class moments. Results open at the exact point in the class; several matches in one class are grouped into a single card.
Aikido yielding framework over forceful possession Wednesday · 2026-04-15 · 19 matches
there was this idea that, like, if you can't do a technique on one foot…
One of the big changes from basic technique to advanced technique is miniaturization.
…Suddenly, it's technique again… and the person who grabs you… your shift.”
it feels to me like there's something in a technique. When I'm there, and…
…And, I think the most obvious transition to technique is… I did it on purpose, not…
Yeah, well, and there's a difference between doing the technique that was demonstrated as it…
…13 more matches in this class
Foundational square breathing and unclenched breath holds Wednesday · 2026-04-01 · 18 matches
partnered technique execution. "Match me?" ... "Turn..." ... "It's kind of like Shiri Minage. ... Shomenuchi…
technique request rollout. "would like to ask for everybody to supply one technique that…
avoid forcing advanced technique. "...at the beginning of doing advanced techniques, my experience was…
technique variants and combinations. "starting from Shomenuchi" ... "I was thinking of an Ikyo" ... "almost…
technique comparison discussion. "Has anybody done anything like what we did with breath..." → "double…
…As an anecdote of evidence for the opposite technique, I once tried a breathing technique where…
…12 more matches in this class
Whole-Body Push Quality Over Arm Strength Wednesday · 2026-04-08 · 15 matches
Every technique is a one-handed technique, that you happen to be doubling your effectiveness by…
But the technique is a one-handed… remember.
Yeah. Okay, pick a technique.
Should it be a normal technique?
It got me thinking. I'm thinking of my technique now.
And then we're gonna, we're gonna go on to technique.
…9 more matches in this class
Curriculum Sequencing and Drill Design Saturday · 2026-04-25 · 11 matches
…you want to be the person who does the technique, or receives the technique first? Okay.
Seven-technique curriculum framing. there are 7 basic risk techniques ... I'm trying to get him…
…First, first technique, back and forth. Okay. Second technique. Got it. And all keyhone.
Review of omote/ura mix and technique ordering. Gokyo, Rokio, Nanakyo are almost always done Ura…
Nope. Oh, I'm sorry. Tried and true, but not the technique.
That would be a good spray technique, because 97% shoulder. Oh, yeah.
…5 more matches in this class
Intentional slowing as strategic timing Saturday · 2026-05-16 · 10 matches
Rotating a technique idea while preserving same central feeling. "How we would do this, Is, me…
…That's going to be the beginning of the technique.
And they're the same technique.
Will you pick a… anything you would consider to be a basic technique?
as long as you're not substituting them for advanced technique, there's something about basics…
We're not changing the pace to get away from the techniques, we're only helping…
…4 more matches in this class
Partner safety, restraint, and timing cues Saturday · 2026-05-02 · 9 matches
We're gonna actually… we'll do this as a technique, and this is where we…
So, the name of the technique?
What's the name of the technique?
Yes. Tell me the name of the technique again.
Yeah, what's the whole technique called?
. "the name of the technique is the attack…
…3 more matches in this class
Footwork, Line Management, and Space Occupancy Wednesday · 2026-05-06 · 8 matches
…choosing a technique and defining reps. "Everybody please choose a technique" ... "Katadori, a one-handed shoulder…
It feels like adding language softens the edges of the technique, and it's not just…
Everybody pick one technique.
Okay. Everybody please choose a technique.
It's a one-handed technique. Take me around. Yep.
So, we're doing the same technique, Gyakutor inikio, and what you're suggesting is experiment…
…2 more matches in this class
Conflict-Safe Exit Strategy and Avoiding Entanglement Saturday · 2026-05-02 · 7 matches
So when we move on to technique.
Okay, so we're gonna choose a technique.
…Yeah, that's not a basic… but that's not a basic technique. Right?
…me to turn it into whatever other technique I need to be able to apply to…
…If I have to do a Jujinage technique, and I don't know how to get…
…I understand the structure of how the technique works. That's the basic, I'm understanding…
…1 more match in this class
Balance management and level management in throwing Wednesday · 2026-04-22 · 6 matches
That's what makes advanced technique… one of the things that makes advanced technique feel advanced.
Technique naming framed against grappling assumptions. "Koshinage" ... "starting with Montadori ... access to both shoulders and both…
I throw you, you do technique.
But… So… The feel of that is gonna be a technique.
Pick a technique, see what you see here.
…that, if we think about, it becomes immediately accessible that we don't use as technique.
Blending as Adaptive Continuum Saturday · 2026-04-11 · 6 matches
warm-up and technique variants. 00:33:07.600 — "shoulder-back slide-in" ... 00…
Particular technique.
Okay. So, let's look for differences in our technique.
all of the mechanics that we're using for these are the same, and every technique…
It's one of those things where you think you're correcting someone else's technique…
…center movement mechanism that makes the… any technique work, but we are literally throwing with someone…
Body mapping and alignment fundamentals Saturday · 2026-04-25 · 5 matches
Early aggression-management framing in technique context. "The same thing that happens when someone tries to…
Don't keep them from doing the technique, but challenge their center. See if you can…
…direction, I'm gonna call somebody's name, and they're gonna say the next technique.
…It's the nickname of the technique that starts almost every class.
…He's gonna… TainoHenko is the nickname of the universal first technique of Aikido, TainoHenko. Body…
Attention Discipline and Decisional Autonomy Saturday · 2026-04-04 · 3 matches
…The name of the technique, the nickname of the technique is Taino Henko. But how we…
…you to get the attack that lets me… you're helping me to learn the technique.
Because that strengthens your neck, and if somebody grabs your head and does a technique with…
Progressive Movement Scaling and Shape Quality Saturday · 2026-05-16 · 2 matches
Don’t rush transitions mid-technique. "We don't need any more steps, we don't…
This is Kitai, this is Pink Kong, and its nickname for the whole technique is
Safety hierarchy and risk-aware training constraints Saturday · 2026-04-11 · 1 match
…to go and deal with it with the technique, without flinching, and keeping thinking about it.
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