The Kiai Echo
The Kiai Echo is the newsletter of the American Judo and Jujitsu Federation, Inc. (AJJF), a non-profit educational organization that promotes Danzan Ryu Jujitsu, a classical Japanese martial art.
Selected articles have been reproduced on this web site. The Kiai Echo Editor will post contest results and Black Belt promotions immediately as they are received. These will be published online and promoted via social media (Facebook and Twitter). They will not be password protected, but will be immediately publicly available. By the time this material is submitted to the Kiai Echo, it has already been approved by the appropriate BOP members, and thus requires no further approval process. Traditional articles, as well as anything that is not native to print (i.e. podcasts, video, 3D animations, etc.), will go through an approval process.
Online Copies
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Submissions
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- Any time for the new Constant Release Schedule
- March 1st for the Annual PDF / Print issue
Articles
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Jason Davis
Kiai Echo
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Latest Issue
AJJF Board of Professors and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 28, 2017
Kata Manual The BOP continues to work on the list of Shinyo no Maki. The kata manual for Kiai no Maki was released at Convention 2017. Convention Committee The new Convention committee presented some ideas to the BOP to consider. A few may be implemented at next...
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Kiai Echo Fall 2017 / Spring 2018
Kiai Echo 2017: Constant Releases & Annual Traditional Format 2018 Convention Registration is Open! AJJF Board of Professors and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 28, 2017 It's Not What You Think, by Sohn Wehseler My Journey to Sandan, by Ivan Ochoa Ohana...
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Diving Under the Water: The Humiliating Origin of Mizukuguri – by Professor George Arrington
So…you decide to take up the study of some form of self-protection. The question then becomes, “Does what I am learning make sense for its intended purpose?” If you learn Danzan-Ryu Jujutsu (檀山流柔術), you will probably first learn how to properly and safely fall in the...
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AJJF Board of Professors and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 1, 2018
Kata Manual The BOP has been focusing on the History and Shinyo no Maki sections of the kata manual. Members of the BOP are working on final comments to these documents. Healing Arts Classes A new policy on how healing arts classes may be counted as mat activities for...
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