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Rokkyu (6th) – 30 hours

  • Stances:
    • migi hanmi
    • hidari hanmi
    • ai hanmi
    • gyaku hanmi
  • Exercises:
    • ikkyo undo
    • zengo undo
    • shiho undo
    • funakogi undo
    • sayu udefuri undo
  • Attack forms:
    • shomenuchi
    • yokomenuchi
    • tsuki
    • katatedori
    • ryotedori
    • katadori
    • ryokatadori
    • ushiro tekubitori
    • ushiro ryokatadori
    • katate-ryotedori (morotedori)
  • Movements:
    • irimi
    • tenkan
    • kaiten
  • Bokken/bokuto:
    • standing kamae
    • drawing bokken
    • returning bokken
    • ken-nigiri
  • Jo:
    • standing kamae
    • stepping in with jo
    • stepping back with jo
    • tsuki kamae
    • menuchi kamae

Gokyu (5th) – 40 hours

  • Ukemi: mae ukemi (zempo kaiten ukemi), ushiro ukemi (koho kaiten ukemi)
  • Shomenuchi ikkyo (omote & ura)
  • Shomenuchi iriminage
  • Katatedori shihonage (omote & ura)
  • Ryotedori tenchinage
  • Ushiro tekubitori kotegaeshi
  • Katate-ryotedori (morotedori) Kokyuho
  • Zagi kokyuho
    Weapons

  • First 10 of 20 Jo (kamae and striking)
  • Fundamental bokuto (mostly kamae)
  • 6-no-Jo

Yonkyu (4th) – 80 hours

  • Shomenuchi nikyo (omote & ura)
  • Yokomenuchi shihonage (omote & ura)
  • Yokomenuchi iriminage
  • Tsuki iriminage
  • Ushiro tekubitori sankyo (omote & ura)
  • Ushiro ryokatadori kotegaeshi
  • Suwari waza (zagi) shomenuchi ikkyo
  • Suwari waza (zagi) katadori nikyo (omote & ura)
  • Suwari waza (zagi) katadori sankyo (omote & ura)
    Weapons

  • Bokken:
    • chudan uchikomi
    • right foot stepping back chudan uchikomi
    • from wakigamae chudan uchikomi
    • chudan uchikomi with feet switching at front
    • chudan uchikomi with feet switching at back
  • Jo: aikijo 1-20, 8-no-jo kata

Sankyu (3rd) – 100 hours

  • Yokomenuchi kotegaeshi
  • Tsuki kaitennage
  • Ushiro ryokatadori sankyo (omote & ura)
  • Katate-ryotedori (morotedori) iriminage (2 ways)
  • Shomenuchi sankyo (omote & ura)
  • Ryotedori kokyunage (2 ways)
  • Ryotedori: jiyuwaza
  • Suwari waza (zagi) shomenuchi iriminage (omote & ura)
  • Suwari waza (zagi) shomenuchi nikyo (omote & ura)
  • Hanmi-handachi katatedori shihonage (omote & ura)
  • Hanmi-handachi katatedori kaitennage (uchi & soto)
    Weapons

  • Bokken:
    • gedan giri from jodan with partner
    • chudan uchikomi from wakigamae to makiuchi
    • tsuki from seigan-no-kamae with/without step
  • Jo: 13-no-Jo

Nikyu (2nd) – 150 hours

  • Shomenuchi shihonage (omote & ura)
  • Shomenuchi kaitennage (uchi & soto)
  • Yokomenuchi gokyo
  • Tsuki yonkyo
  • Katatedori kaitenosae (uchi & soto)
  • Ushiro ryohijitori aiki-otoshi
  • Ushiro tekubitori jujinage
  • Ushiro kubishime koshinage
  • Hanmi-handachi shomenuchi iriminage (2 ways)
  • Hanmi-handachi katatedori Nikyo (omote & ura)
  • Hanmi-handachi yokomenuchi kotegaeshi
  • Katate-ryotedori jiyuwaza
    Weapons

  • Jo: 8 joawase, 22-no-jo
  • Bokken: 7 kenawase

Ikkyu (1st) – 200 hours

  • Katadori menuchi – 5 techniques
  • Yokomenuchi – ikkyo to gokyo
  • Katate-ryotedori (morotedori) – 5 techniques
  • Shomenuchi – 5 techniques
  • Ryotedori – 5 techniques
  • Koshinage – 5 attacks
  • Hanmi-handachi ushiro ryokatadori – 5 techniques
  • Tantodori
  • Jiyuwaza: tsuki, katatedori
    Weapons

  • 31-no-jo
  • 7 Kumijo
  • 5 Kumitachi
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  • Aikido History


    Aikido was created by Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, 14 December 1883–26 April 1969), referred to by some aikido practitioners as Ōsensei (”Great Teacher”). Ueshiba envisioned aikido not only as the synthesis of his martial training, but also an expression of his personal philosophy of universal peace and reconciliation. During Ueshiba’s lifetime and continuing today, aikido has evolved from the koryū (old-style martial arts) that Ueshiba studied into a wide variety of expressions by martial artists throughout the world.

  • Aikido Training


    In aikido, as in virtually all Japanese martial arts, there are both physical and mental aspects of training. The physical training in aikido is diverse, covering both general physical fitness and conditioning, as well as specific techniques. Because a substantial portion of any aikido curriculum consists of throws, the first thing most students learn is how to safely fall or roll. The specific techniques for attack include both strikes and grabs; the techniques for defense consist of throws and pins. After basic techniques are learned, students study freestyle defense against multiple opponents, and in certain styles, techniques with weapons.

  • Aikido Techniques


    Many of the strikes (打ち, uchi) of aikido are often said to resemble cuts from a sword or other grasped object, which may suggest origins in techniques intended for armed combat. Other techniques, which appear to explicitly be punches (tsuki), are also practiced as thrusts with a knife or sword. Kicks are generally reserved for upper-level variations; reasons cited include that falls from kicks are especially dangerous, and that kicks (high kicks in particular) were uncommon during the types of combat prevalent in feudal Japan.