Aikido Links Plus Videos
This
page is getting pretty long and will get longer, so let me explain it.
The first section is links to other web sites, dojos, online magazines
and information in three parts; Iwama Style sites, Information sites
and Nishio Style sites.
The second section is free Nishio Sensei videos with explanations of
how to execute the techniques. They are pretty fast and there is a lot
you could miss or not understand. I'm still learning what is
actually happening in the weapons.
The third section is free Aikitoho Iaido videos with detailed
explanations of movements as well as basic details that you may not get
very often.
The last section has contact information and the schedule for Aikido of
Gainesville classes at the Unified Training Center.
Iwama Style dojo links
Online magazines and information
authority on Morihei Ueshiba and Sokaku Takeda of Daito-ryu Aiki Jutsu, O'Sensei's
primary teacher)
Uppsala Aikido club of Finland Showing videos of Aiki Toho Iaido katas. These are not exactly like what I was taught. He is going rather fast. The movements are not always as I was taught. There is no sound, so you don't know if the sword cuts are straight or not. The resheathing is vertical in the first four inches where I was taught vertical in the last four inches in all the styles I studied. This may be how he was taught. All I can say for sure is that things are different from how I was taught. I saw and practiced moves that were similar/common in all the styles of Iaido that I was taught and I see differences in those moves here that don't conform to any of the styles I was taught.
That all said, he looks good in what he is doing.
Nishio Style Dojo links (I know more instructors, but evidently they don't have websites.)
Aikido Center of San Antonio Head Instructor David Ham Sensei
Nishio sensei appointed this sensei as his representative to the U.S.A., France and
Ukraine in 2000.
Tsunami Aikido of Aurora, CO. Head Instructor Varjan Sensei
Free Youtube video clips of Nishio Sensei teaching and Huffman Sensei adding more detailed explainations of positions and how to make the techniques work. These type techniques are taught in the advanced classes.
Free
Youtube video clips of Tom Huffman Sensei giving detailed explainations
of Nishio Sensei's Aikitoho Iaido forms or katas taught in the mid
1990's. There are also explanations of often unexplained basic things
outside of class; the belt tie, explanation of a blocking draw,
resheathing details and a way to wrap the lanyard around the scabbard
for storage, the "Butterfly Knot".
Some extra Iaido or boken practices
Hon Iaido Happo-giri example
To Contact Sensei Huffman:
Phone: 352-332-8695
Cell: 352-494-7816
E-mail:
sensei@aikidoofgainesville.com
New Practice Times (1.5hr. classes)
Sundays..............................Weapons.......................................................2:00-3:30pm
Sundays .............................Empty
Hand...................................................4:00-5:30pm
Sundays .............................Advanced Empty
Hand...................................6:00-7:30pm
.................
(Must pass 3rd
proficiency test to participate in advanced class)
Mondays & Fridays............
Aikido
After
Noon.........................................1:00-2:30pm
Mondays............................Empty
Hand....................................................7:30-9:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays.......
Aikido for Kids................................................4:00-5:30pm
Wednesdays .....................Empty
Hand......................................................7:30-9:00pm
Thursdays.........................Open(Weapons
Take-aways, test practice, etc.)..7:30-9:00pm
Mondays & Wednesdays
...Iaido (Japanese Sword $10 per class)................6:15-7:15pm
