by Kiai Echo | Apr 4, 2025 | General Info, In Memoriam AJJF Professors, Kiai Echo Articles, Kiai Echo Issues
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...
by Kiai Echo | Feb 23, 2025 | General Info, Kiai Echo Articles
Here in California, there’s nothing quite like getting into a nice pool on a hot summer day. Of course, we all know that there are two ways to get into a pool; you either gently tiptoe in from the shallow end, letting your body adjust to the temperature of the water...
by Kiai Echo | Feb 5, 2025 | General Info, Kiai Echo Articles
Sunday November 17th marked the end of the Rutgers Kodenkan Jujitsu Seminar for 2024. Every year, this seminar invites dojos from across the country to Rutgers University – New Brunswick to teach Danzan Ryu Jujitsu as well as other techniques to students new and...
by Kiai Echo | Jan 8, 2025 | Convention, General Info, Kiai Echo Articles
The black belt was patient with me as I unknowingly hurt him again and again. I was a white belt, a grown man who didn’t have control of his limbs despite many years of controlling this vessel on Earth. I towered over the black belt and was much younger, but that...
by Kiai Echo | Jan 8, 2025 | Convention, General Info, Kiai Echo Articles
The Board of Professors and senior instructors are depending on you to come and bring your friends and students. Without you there is no convention We are celebrating 100 years of Dan Zan Ryu at this convention. This will be a special occasion which will not be...
by Kiai Echo | Nov 20, 2024 | General Info
Introduction by Senior Instructor Barb Gessner: While looking at some of the saved files on my computer, I came across this article by our Senior Professor, Tom Ball, written nearly 20 years ago. In it he not only clearly defines what the organization is all about,...
