Knowing the inside of Aikido
With the visible convergence of East and West cultures, more and more people are discovering and rediscovering new means self-discipline especially in the field of martial arts. One of these means is called "Aikido," a very popular Japanese martial art.
KNOWING AIKIDO
“Do not fight force with force,” this is the most basic principle of Aikido. Considered as one of the non-aggressive styles in martial arts, Aikido has become popular because it doesn’t instigate or provoke any attack. Instead, the force of the attacker is redirected into throws, locks, and several restraining techniques.
Since aikido uses very few punches and kicks, the size, weight, age, and physical strength of the participants or the opponents only partake only a small role. What's important is the skilled Aikido practitioner is skilled enough to redirect his or her attacker's energy while keeping him or her in a constant of unbalance.
The history of Aikido as a martial art can be traced when Morihei Ueshiba discovered and developed its principle of aikido. Known as "O Sensei" or the "Great Teacher," Ueshiba made sure to develop a martial art that is based on a purely physical level using movements like throws, joint locks and techniques derived from another martial arts like "Jujitsu" and "Kenjutsu."
Technically, aikido was stemmed out and developed mainly from "daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu" while incorporating several training movements similar to the "yari" or "spear, "jo" or a short "quarterstaff" and from "juken" or "bayonet". Although these jujitsu movements are prominent while practicing the martial art, many practitioners agree that strongest influences of aikido is that of kenjutsu.
When he finally developed the minor and major principles of Aikido, Ueshiba emphasized that the martial art does not only pertain to self-defense techniques but can also play a major role in the enhancement of the practitioner's moral and spiritual aspects eventually leading them to place greater weight on the development and achievement of peace and harmony. In fact, because of the great emphasis in the development of harmony and peace, seasoned aikido practitioners say that "the way of harmony of the spirit" is one phrase that could describe or translate the term "aikido" in English.
Just like any other martial art, aikido has various techniques that include ikkyo or the "first technique," "nikyo" or the "second technique," "sankyo," or the "third technique," "yonkyo" or the "fourth technique," the "gokyo" or the "fifth technique," the "shihonage" or the "four-direction throw," the "kotegaeshi" or the wrist return, "kokyunage" or the "breath throw," "iriminage" or the entering-body throw, "tenchinage" or the "heaven-and-earth throw," "koshinage," or the "hip throw," "jujinage" or the "shaped-like-'ten'-throw," and the "kaitennage" or the rotation throw."
Although aikido is not about punching or kicking the opponent, it is not considered as a static art. It is still a very effective means of martial arts because it requires the aikido practitioner to use the energy of their opponent so they can gain control over them. When you will look at the martial art closely, you will realize that aikido is not only a means of self-defense technique but can also serve a means of spiritual enlightenment, physical health or exercise or a simple means of attaining peace of mind, concentration, and serenity.
Although different aikido styles gives great emphasis on the spiritual aspects to varying levels—some to greater or lesser degrees—the idea that the martial arts was conceptualized in order to achieve peace and harmony remains the most basic ideology of the martial art.
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Prince.
Prince is a Martial Arts expert who has studied various styles including Aikido, Ju-Jitsu and Wu Shu Kwan (Chinese Kickboxing). Find more FREE tips here: MARTIAL ARTISTRY or go straight to the download site: Best Martial Arts Secrets
Have fun flying through the air with your ATV
So, you’ve seen the other ATV riders do it and you feel that it’s about time you try that flying through the air stunt yourself too, but you are not sure how to go about it. You could try asking those who have tried it before to teach you, but then again, they may not have enough time to sit through with you to guide you from A to Z on the skills of jumping your ATV. The theoretical part of learning may sound easy, but you need to practice again and again to perfect your skills.
You may be sitting there and reading this while at the same time wonder how do they make their ATVs fly through the air almost effortlessly? You could be asking yourself a lot of questions and that is a good start to learning. When you have learned how to jump an ATV, it sure adds a whole lot of fun to your riding. However, many people do not understand the mechanics involved between themselves and their ATVs and it is usually the “not knowing” part that frightens people – and it should. When you do not know something, you would usually go all out to learn about it and the first and foremost important thing about jumping your ATV is to learn the very basics on how it’s done.
Jumping an ATV is equivalent to learning to walk for the very first time. When you were a child, you didn’t just suddenly get up and run without first learning to walk. The same concept goes with jumping your ATV. You have to start out on a smaller scale and not try to outdo yourself by going to a supercross track or something like that.
Here are some helpful tips, that may get you started on learning to jump your ATV and more importantly, to land safely too!
Getting started – safety first!
Before you ride out to experience your first jump, please check and make sure that your ATV is in good working condition. Check the tires, wheels, shocks and suspension and be sure that everything is tight. And remember, no ATV ride (or jump for that matter), is safe without you first putting on your safety gears – that is, your helmet, goggles, gloves, boots, chest protector, long sleeve shirts, pants and any other protective gears that you have.
Since you are only going to start out learning to jump, there is no need for you to jump with a downward-sloped landing. If you do not already know, you should never hit a jump while sitting – your rear shock will compress and fling you off like a catapult, which is not going to be a very fun thing to happen during a jump. Start by selecting a smooth ramp-like take off and keep steady on the gas and start out slow in the attack positions – that way, you are neither standing all the way up or sitting down. Keep your arms bent, elbows out because this will help to absorb the landing as well as the impact of hitting the face of the jump. When your front wheels approach the face of the jump, blipping the throttle will keep the front end of the quad up so that you will be able to make a safe landing. Once you are comfortable and confident with small jumps, you can slowly move on to bigger and more exciting jumps.
The importance of landing well
After your first few jumps, you should be able to gauge your speed to make a perfect landing on the down side of the jump. Once you are more comfortable with your jumping skills, you can start to work on landing on the front wheels first. This has to be done with great care. Should you land with the nose of your machine too far down, you will be in for an ugly experience. One way to do that is to press down on the rear brake to stop the momentum of the rear wheels, bringing the front wheels down. Another method is to manually push down the bars to bring the front end down. Depending on the jump, speed and position of your ATV, you could also combine both methods during your jump. In the event that the front end is too low and you think that you may just go over the bars, don’t give up – hold the throttle wide open to speed up the momentum of the rear tires which will bring up the front end.
As the saying goes – practice makes it perfect, so our last word of advise is to practice and keep practicing until you have mastered the basic techniques. Once you are confident with the small jumps, it is time to ‘gear up’ and take on the big ones! But remember, safety is always a priority when it comes to ATV – whether you are riding it or taking jumps on it. You should never take risks that could endanger your life or the lives of the other riders. For more fun things to do with your ATV, check out www.atvoutdoors.net
Rigging Live Worms
How do you rig a live worm for fishing? Is it as simple as just tying on a single hook and then threading a worms onto that hook? Or hooking a worm over and over again onto a hook? Of course, the answer to these questions is yes. That's how anyone who fishes with live worms rigs them, mostly because they don't know of a better way. The problem becomes, are the worm rigging techniques mentioned above the most effective way to do it? The answer to that question is a resounding No. Threading a live worm onto a single hook or hooking that worm over and over again are not the most effective way to rig said worm. The most effective way to rig a live worm is the natural way.
What does the "natural way" mean? The natural way simply means the way that it would appear in nature. In other words, you want your live worm to appear as much like it would in nature as possible. If you take a live worm and throw it into the water what does it look like? Does it look like the worm that you "thread" onto a hook or the worm that you hook over and over again? No, of course not. It looks outstretched, the way God intended. So how do you accomplish a natural presentation when rigging a live worm?
You accomplish a natural presentation through the use of a set of gang hooks. Gang hooks are simply a pair of small hooks tied in tandem, which enables you to present a live worm outstretched, the way God intended. If you don't employ gang hooks, the only way to accomplish this is by hooking a live worm 1 time through the body, and leaving the majority of the worm "floating free". This of course looks natural, but fish will simply bite the end of the worm, you'll pull, and BAM your bait is gone! With a set of gang hooks the second hook will help hook these 'short striking' fish.
You can pre tie gang hooks yourself or purchase them ready to fish, it really makes no difference. The point of the matter is that if you fish with live worms the most effective way to rig them is a set of gang hooks. For most live worm fishing size 8 or 10 gang hooks are the best bet, but larger ones are effective as well. Threading a live worm onto a hook shouldn't be the technique that you use any longer. From now on gang hooks should be employed so that your live worm can be presented outstretched, the way God intended a live worm to look.
Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!
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