True Stories & Other Damage Podcast with Hillary Kaplowitz, Danzan Ryu AJJF Professor – by Ryan Welles

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by Kiai Echo | May 25, 2018 | Kiai Echo Articles | 0 comments

  Professor Hillary Kaplowitz is Sensei of Pacific JuJitsu Kai and has been teaching for the City of Santa Monica since 2000. Hillary began her training in 1977 in the youth program at the Santa Monica YMCA under Sensei Jim Nieto, where she also competed on the Judo...

Black Belt Promotions April 2018

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by Kiai Echo | May 18, 2018 | Kiai Echo Articles | 0 comments

To the rank of Shodan: David Manning, a student of Professor Bob Hodgkin from Shin Budo Kai   submitted by: Dominic Beltrami Chair, AJJF Examinations Committee Back to Kiai Echo March 2018 – February...

YONENEBU NO KATA? by Jess Green

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by Kiai Echo | May 15, 2018 | Kiai Echo Articles | 0 comments

I was nearly a black belt by the time I had heard of this list. Because my sensei was not teaching juniors, it should have come as no surprise. Many dojo teach an abbreviated version of regular nage, simply leaving out balance arts or overly aggressive throws like...

True Stories & Other Damage Podcast with Howard Wilson by Ryan Welles

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by Kiai Echo | Apr 30, 2018 | Kiai Echo Articles | 0 comments

  Howard Wilson sits down at the 2018 AJJF National Convention to talk about his life from the Marine Corps to Judo to crossing Michigan Ave in his hometown in Chicago Illinois. Howard can be reached...

Diving Under the Water: The Humiliating Origin of Mizukuguri – by Professor George Arrington

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by Kiai Echo | Apr 21, 2018 | Kiai Echo Articles |

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...