What to Expect as a Newbie at National Convention – by Monica Villanueva & Kerry Sego

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by Kiai Echo | Mar 17, 2019 | Kiai Echo Articles

    Monica Villanueva holds the rank of Yodan at Kodenkan Academy of Martial Arts and is the 2019 AJJF National Convention Host. Kerry Sego, holds the rank of Yodan at Santa Clarita Valley Jujitsu. The 71st Annual AJJF National Convention in Chicago will be...

I Mua, Motion, Movement through Danzan Ryu Jujitsu – by Monica Villanueva & Kerry Sego

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by Kiai Echo | Mar 12, 2019 | Kiai Echo Articles

  Monica Villanueva holds the rank of Yodan at Kodenkan Academy of Martial Arts and is the 2019 AJJF National Convention Host. Kerry Sego, holds the rank of Yodan at Santa Clarita Valley Jujitsu. One of  the many duties of the host school for national convention...

Feeling The Mat Beneath My Feet – by Sarah Chung

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by Kiai Echo | Mar 1, 2019 | Kiai Echo Articles

  My involvement in martial arts started at a very young age. My father owned an academy in a northwest suburb of Chicago. The mat was introduced to me as a toddler and my training continued into adolescence. I remember my sloppy fundamental punches and kicks, in...

Danzan: Form, function and freedom – by Kimo Williams

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by Kiai Echo | Feb 22, 2019 | Kiai Echo Articles

    As a student of the Danzan Ryu, each of us will, at some point, ask ourselves “what’s the point?” Whether the question comes in the beginning, the middle, or towards the end, it serves to give us periods of self-doubt and begs to be resolved. Perhaps, in...