Shime No Kata – by Bob Reish
Kiai Echo Articles The Basic Submission Arts Strangulation techniques are an integral part of judo and jujitsu training. The objective of shime waza (constriction technique) is to effect a comatose state upon one’s opponent. Technically it is to apply gentle pressure to an opponent’s...
Danzan Ryu Origin Stories Podcast: Professor Geoff Lane – by Professor Hillary Kaplowitz
General Info Welcome to Danzan Ryu Origin Stories. In movies, television, books, especially comic books, we often get to learn the character’s backstory to find out why they are the way they are – like how a superhero got their superpower. Knowing their “origin...
It Ain’t Satsuzai… But Then Again – by Jay Drew
Kiai Echo Articles The phrase “What’s in a name?” gets bandied about, usually in regard with ancestry or history, if you will. Does the surname Smith indicate that somewhere in your family tree there was a blacksmith – undoubtedly toiling under a spreading chestnut tree? The name game...