AJJF Professors Teaching Jujutsu Remotely During Isolation
We hope to bring you several of these over the coming days and weeks. We will also add them to the previous article, Keep Your Jujutsu Training Going During Isolation, that outlines several ways you can train in isolation, so that as people refer...
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Keep Your Jujutsu Training Going During Isolation – by Jason Davis
We are in an unprecedented situation in the world, our country, and our communities. At some point when we have done everything we can to situate our families, our professional lives, and our sense of the “new normal,” we can begin to consider how...
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Black Belt Promotions SW Regional Exams February 2020
Congratulations to the following who passed their black belt exams at the SW Regional Exams held in conjunction with SW Region Convention in Santa Clarita on Feb. 21, 2020: To the rank of Nidan: Mauricio Campos, a student of Sensei Robert Rainey...
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Kiai Echo March 2020 – February 2021
View last year’s articles: Kiai Echo Annual 2019-2020 New Articles: Black Belt Promotions SW Regional Exams February 2020 Keep Your Jujutsu Training Going During Isolation – by Jason Davis AJJF Professors Teaching Jujutsu Remotely During Isolation...
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Six Dimensions of Training – by Professor Hillary Kaplowitz
We know that kata is the heart and soul of our training in Danzan Ryu Jujitsu. But at times we may have found ourselves wondering if we should be doing something other than kata. We are told that Prof Okazaki tested the effectiveness of our...
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Teaching Jujutsu Using Principles of Motor Learning – by Nerissa Freeman
Like practicing martial arts, teaching martial arts is also a learned skill. While there are many different styles of teaching, there is a significant amount of research around best practices. The science of motor learning is one area from which we...
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SW Regional Black Belt Promotions, January 2020
Congratulations to the following who passed their black belt exams at the SW Regional Exams held in conjunction with Camp South: To the rank of Shodan: Dolly Wyatt, a student of Professor Hillary Kaplowitz from Pacific Jujitsu Kai To the rank of...
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All Members Banquet Memories – Katie Murphy Stevens
72nd Annual AJJF National Convention March 6 - 8, 2020 San Ramon Marriott, San Ramon, California Please join us in March in Northern California for the flagship annual event of the AJJF, National Convention. If that is all that you need to...
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Black Belt Promotions December 6, 2019
Congratulations to the following who passed their black belt exam in July at the Jujitsu at the Beach clinic in Oxnard, CA: To the rank of Sandan: Wayne Hagen, a student of Sensei Robert Rainey from Lawndale Jujitsu Kai Photo from left to right:...
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Redding Jujitsu Academy Kata Contest Results November 2, 2019
Division Place Name / Dojo Name / Dojo Black 1st John Pfund / Elite Self Defense singleton 2nd Jered Hallstrom / Redding Jujitsu Academy Scott Redden / Redding Jujitsu Academy 3rd Nerissa Freeman / Wasenshi Kan Dianna McKenzie / Hale O'Lima...
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