Kiai Echo Archives
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How a Baseball Field Beating Led Me to 50 Years of Judo
This is why I started Danzan Ryu with the AJJF-- John Pfund It was December 1977. I was 10 years old, and it was Christmas break in Livermore, California. My best friend and I decided it was the perfect day to play one-on-one baseball at our school. We walked about 15...
Professor Tom Ball Memorial Kiai Echo Issue
The 2025 AJJF Convention Issue of the Kiai Echo is available now! This issue was made in honor of our late Senior Professor, Tom Ball. Big thanks to everyone who helped make this issue a reality in order to honor this great man. The PDF version can be...
Kiai Echo April 2022 – April 2023
Click here to download the 2023 Kiai Echo Anthology PDF, or click any link below for the web version. Online-only articles and media: 2022 Convention Promotion Announcement - Keith Thompson Professor Troy Shehorn on Danzan Ryu Origin Stories Podcast - Hillary...
Kiai Echo March 2020 – March 2022
View last year’s articles: Kiai Echo Annual 2019-2020 New Articles: Black Belt Promotions SW Regional Exams February 2020 Keep Your Jujutsu Training Going During Isolation – by Jason Davis AJJF Professors Teaching Jujutsu Remotely During Isolation (footwork with...
Kiai Echo March 2019 – February 2020
Click here to download the 2020 Kiai Echo Anthology PDF, or click any link below for the web version. View last year’s articles: Kiai Echo Annual 2018-2019 New Articles: Black Belt Promotions March 2019 DZRSI Healing Arts at Your Event Now or Online in the Future - by...
Kiai Echo March 2018 – February 2019
Download the PDF or Order a Print copy (pay to print and mail through MagCloud). View other year's articles: Kiai Echo Archive page 2018 - 2019 Articles: Black Belt Promotions February 2018 True Stories & Other Damage Podcast with Jason Davis by Ryan Welles AJJF...
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...
Kiai Echo 2017: Constant Releases & Annual Traditional Format, by Jason Davis, Kiai Echo Editor
Over the past several years, the Kiai Echo Magazine has been delivered in many different formats, including: printed and mailed downloadable PDF document with print & mail option (at additional cost) social media release (Facebook, Youtube, Twitter) pointing to...
Kiai Echo 2017 Issue 1
Click here for the Kiai Echo 2017 Issue 1 PDF, or any link below for the web version. Editor’s Corner Koa Kan is Born DZR Chicago Clinic 2016 Betty Fisher Remembered Bud Estes’ Yawara Hojojutsu Fighting Fit 10,000 Reasons Jujitsu at the Beach Junanshin Kappo...
Kiai Echo 2016 Issue 2
Kiai Echo 2016 Issue 2 Editor's Corner Remembering Jose Bueno Shinzen Kai 2+1 Tournament Remembering Betty Jane Maillette The Climb Muscle has Memory Don’t You Dare Tell Me to Take it Easy Why Do We Do Tournaments? Contest Results Blackbelt Promotions AJJF Business If...
Kiai Echo 2016 Issue 1
Kiai Echo 2015 Issue 2
Kiai Echo 2015 Issue 1
Kiai Echo 2014 Issue 2
Download this issue Click here to download the Kiai Echo 2014 Issue 2 PDF. Articles in this issue: Editor’s Corner - Stephen Balzac Danzan Ryu -- A Healing Art - Dan Browning Get To Know Your AJJF! - Dominic Beltrami Camp Midwest Pictures - Dan Browning Go? Ju? - Tom...
Kiai Echo 2014 Issue 1
Download this issue Click here to download the Kiai Echo 2104 Issue 1 PDF. Articles in this issue: Chico Hula at Convention! Editor’s Corner - Stephen Balzac Doing What Comes Naturally - Richard Howell At The Intersection of Grief and Danzan Ryu - David Vlcek Camp...