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March 22nd. Jack was not back from Spring Break, so Patrick and I worked on Ki-no-nagare Koshi Nages. Hip throws to be executed at speed with no pause for setup. The setup is in controlling Uke's movements from the moment of contact. Interesting thought here. Nishio Sensei's saying that "Victory is determined at the moment of contact." I have always been aware of this but have not thought much about it for years. Today that was what Patrick and I were studying from punches, overhead strikes and angling strikes. I was not really trying to throw him at first. I normally teach these high fall techniques up to the load, but not the following throw. The throw is almost nothing compared to the setup and load for the throw. The reason for study is to help Chris and Jack. They love these throws and keep trying to do them in a freestyle practice. At first, I have discouraged it. But it keeps showing up. So, the solution is to adapt it to no-pause development and determine where Uke will end up depending on the physics of the throw so Nage will and Uke will be safe with Uke falling in front of another attacker trying to get at the thrower.

This section demonstrates some proficiency in both Iwama Style
Weapons and Nishio Style Weapons. The techniques for Nikyo and Sankyo are displayed in the Nishio Style Weapons. This is the URL for the 6th section of Christopher's Shodan Test.

6 Chris Shodan Test Ken tai Jo Section 2 5 26 This section demonstrates some proficiency in both Iwama Style Weapons and Nishio Style Weapons. The techniques for Nikyo and Sankyo are displayed in the Ni...

Great practice of Jo Dori (walking staff take-aways) with Chris this afternoon. He's coming right along on focusing for Shodan (1st Black Belt) test. We're aiming for February 5th. I expect he's going to do a wonderful test. It will be a mix of Iwama Style and Nishio Style. This afternoon we worked on a Nikyo take away that I mixed concepts from both styles. Interesting stuff.

Wonderful practice this afternoon 11/30/25 with Jack and Patrick. We worked on Nishio Style Shomenuchi response with Nishio Sensei's rake-the-eyes-sweep-the-arm type starts. We started with Irimi Nage, very normal Nishio technique. Then we added Nikyo, then a lift and project around Sankyo, then Koshi Nage. We could have done Tai Otoshi, but Patrick, taking most of the ukemi said it's a hard fall for him so we passed on that. Then I tried a San/Yonkyo with the lift and project start. It took a little refining then it worked pretty good. From there I tried an Ude Osai or Roppkyo. That also took some development. What ended up working best was a draw off to the side like the Nishio Nikyo movement with an arm bar beginning while drawing Uke off sideways and down and, after getting Uke pretty far down, raising his hand up and slipping the elbow over the front of Uke's arm to set the Yonkyo. Very interesting and fun afternoon, thanks to Jack and Patrick.

Keith and Carlos at one of the old Asian Arts festivals at the Thomas Center.

Keith's Memorial service will be this coming Sunday, 3pm at Depot Park in Gainesville. 11/23/25 3pm.