I Mua, Motion, Movement through Danzan Ryu Jujitsu – by Monica Villanueva & Kerry Sego
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
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
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...
My First Kata and Freestyle Contests – by CrystaLynn Valkyrie
Kiai Echo Articles I was starting to get nervous. Because our dojo had moved, I hadn’t practiced jujutsu in a month, and here I was participating in a competition! The competition was for brown belts and black belts, but mostly black belts participated. Sensei Ward Melenich...