Kiai Echo Archives
Kiai Echo March 2019 – February 2020
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 Cynthia Frueh Black Belt Promotions National Convention, April 2019 AJJF Board of Professors and...
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The Passing of Professor Jerome (Jerry) Kunzman Sr. – by Jerry and Jerold Kunzman
It’s with great sadness that we share news of the passing of Professor Jerome (Jerry) Kunzman Sr. on the morning of Oct 12, 2018 from a ruptured aorta. The ER team at the hospital was extraordinary. We are so grateful, they put in a 110% effort to try and save a total...
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Makoto Kai Kata Contest 2018 – by Katie Murphy Stevens, Godan
Makoto Kai hosted our 27th annual spring tournament in mid-May. This year, like most, it was a kata contest. Teams from six schools, including Makoto Kai, entered the competition. We hold the juniors portion of the tournament in the morning. During the check-in...
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Kiai Echo March 2018 – February 2019
Editor's Note: We have finished the first year of our new workflow: constant, rapid release of articles, followed by an annual traditional anthology of the Kiai Echo. This year, the anthology was provided, as a hard copy, to those who registered for the AJJF National...
read moreAJJF 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Kiai Echo 2016 Issue 1
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