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Mokuren Dojo

Mokuren Dojo

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Aikido and judo in Southwest Mississippi. What can martial arts do for you? How to get the most out of your martial arts training.

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  • Gustov waza

    Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 21:43 in , aikinage, iriminage, shihonage

    Well, we made it through hurricane Gustov pretty much okay. Had a few trees down here and there and lost power for about a day. We didn't have aikido class tonight but we'll be back in full swing Thursday. I'd planned, if we'd had aiki tonight, to...

  • A helpful handful: 5 great ways to escape from kesa gatame

    Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 10:59 in , helpful handful, judo, newaza, osaekomi, uphill escape

    . Here is the latest in my ongoing series of how-to articles. These are five ways to get out of the scarf hold - kesagatame. None is infallible but all are indispensable and each works together to make the others easier and better, so if one of...

  • Mats of concrete

    Posted on Sunday August 31st, 2008 at 00:34 in , falling, judo, ukemi

    I don’t recommend this, though it can be very educational if you decide that you want to do it once or twice….I had a roommate in college that was doing aikido with us and he was not content to practice his rolls only on the mat. He would dress i...

  • Judo is dead in Japan

    Posted on Saturday August 30th, 2008 at 00:22 in , shiai

    There is quite a spirited discussion going on over on the judo listserver about the scope of judo and whether or not Olympic-style competition is good for judo and judoka in general. Richard Porro of Friendswood Judo posted the following interesting...

  • Deep martial mysteries

    Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 23:08

    Ok, I have three questions for those of you who consider yourselves martial blogospheric experts. These are not just any old three questions, but three of the deepest, most mysterious quirks of our martial arts blogosphere!.Grading scale:answer 3 of...

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