Akban

2012-01-20T03:41:00.001-08:00

Hitting from the side, Do, Kusari, short chain - Ninjutsu

Video of hitting from the side with a short chain

Do (מכת דו, שרשרת קצרה) is the direction of hitting with a short chain. This short Ninjutsu chain technique uses the Kusari fundo to hit the body from the side.

Today in Ramat Hasharon dojo, Armlocks and throws - 16.1.2012

2012-01-20T03:35:00.001-08:00

We will start with learning some advanced throws and then continue and practice with the trinity of Daken kuzushi, nage waza and kanstesu waza.

Video of Muso dori as a counter for resistance to a throw

Today in Jerusalem dojo, Kusari fundo - 15.1.2012

2012-01-20T03:34:00.003-08:00

Today we will work the practical application of the Ninjutsu combat short chain, the Kusari fundo.

Video of Kusari fundo from the grappling range

Weekend quote, Levinas - 13.1.2012

2012-01-20T03:34:00.001-08:00

The world is not whole because the work has not been finished. La mort et le TempsEmmanuel Levinas

New techniques in the AKBAN wiki – 12.1.2012

2012-01-20T03:33:00.003-08:00

This week the following Ninjutsu articles were updated in the AKBAN wiki:

Uchimata, inner leg throw - Ninjutsu
Right diagonal one hand strike, short stick, hanbo, Yoko man migi - Ninjutsu
Left diagonal one hand strike, short stick, hanbo, Yoko man hidari - Ninjutsu
Hanbo - Short stick
Ouchi gari - Major inner reap
Category:Nage-waza (投げ技): throwing techniques
Category:Kansetsu-waza (関節技): joint locks
Category:Ne-waza: ground techniques

Several videos were uploaded to AKBAN youtube, the last one was from the Kusari seminar.

Video of horizontal strike with the Ninjutsu chain

Respect

2012-01-20T03:33:00.001-08:00

Yossi SheriffTranslated by Oded Levi - AKBAN Canada

“Why didn’t you put the nutrition program on the website along with the fitness program?” a student once asked me.

In 1985 I lived in retirement home for the elderly, for a few weeks. I slept in my dear grandmother’s room to look after her. Back then I don’t think there were foreign nurses for that. So I had to do it. The old people had three meals a day and I had to mentally brace myself for these meals. Every meal was a tough event, a herd of old people storming - I am not sure it’s a strong enough word to describe it - the food.The tenants were focused on the goal - to eat well, lots of it, and fast. There was this one old woman who helped those who needed help sitting down, washed hands and served food for others in her table. “That’s the Rebbetzin, the woman-Rabbi”, they told me when I asked.

I know a guy, Danny, who only drinks water and a specific kind of water- spring water he drew himself and stored in glass bottles. It’s the same thing I’ve seen with the Rebbetzin at that retirement home in Katamon, Jerusalem. something that in our culture is usually directed toward another person - happens with them towards something else, to an action. I will give a name for this treatment, I call it: “Respect”. Respect like this is the un-necessary, the un-reasonable, the un-expected respect and thus - a rare commodity.

Usually respect is directed to another human being as an expression of hierarchy and that person’s social status. But there is another form of respect. In the old school regime, respect is expressed also to a technique, an object, to a way of life. Through the observation and the action one can practice respect to movement, to someone, to something.

Respect, “re-spicere“ in Latin, means “to look, to observe again”.What are we looking at again and with what intent? What is this useless action we voluntarily take? How do we look and from what reasons? It’s very important, it’s the fundamental root of our art.

The actions can many, but not the intention. One can take the sword and perform the bowing ceremony. But early in the morning, if I myself draw it, I just hold the sword in the scabbard with both hands, I balance it and look at it, I don’t bow to the sword, I just look at it, I carried it in my backpack for many desert gatherings and I don’t bow to it now, but I remember the intention of bowing. After many years it’s not just a sword for me, the repetitive, useless observation made it into something else. And it’s not just the sword, it’s the kick in the morning, the tsuki in front of the opponent.

What are these? To what dimension does everyday act transcend if it’s respected?

“You need to work for respect” they say in Hebrew. It doesn’t just show up, it’s an effort. And this effort outlines the road between respect and weakness. To ogle pretty ladies might be re-spicere, but it is no respect. It’s not an effort.

The Rebbetzin just wants to devour the food too, but she has years of work expressed in every single action, in an elderly home of all places.Respect does not have to be based in morals or ethics, it is based on power, the only power we can independently develop. Gideon in the bible knew enough to use it to separate the people from the warriors. Giving your seat to an old man is useless, un-necessary work and thus Powerful.

To respect the food we eat, to respect the technique or the stranger is not an easy work and not an easy choice. We don’t look for easy choices, in Akban there are no shortcuts, it’s not a catch phrase, it’s the ability to work.

Yesterday some young guy came to practice, he broke his hands three weeks ago and they took his cast off. So he came with the bandages and just did kicks and sit-ups. That’s what he did to himself and to his own core, thorough this he can breath a master’s air, through this he’s more than just a guy.

And for us, martial arts practitioners, there is an added barrier; we are supposed to manufacture respect in the midst of strife.

A year ago ten people attacked an Akban veteran from Jerusalem. They came with sticks, brass knuckles and knives. He lived to tell the tale: Just when they showed up he took the Kukishin standard battle stance- Ichimonji.In his greatest stress somthing in him remembered his genetic code. This is how he started, this is how we start being marvelous - from something we do anyway- there is no shame in our everyday practice, with us it’s Ninjutsu, for someone else it’s Karate, Tai chi, Vegetarianism, Judaism or Islam. They are all good. Respect and shame do not live together, shame and inner weakness do. The useless action, the additional look, the attentiveness - they go against the bon-ton, respect is not fashionable, it is my grandmother.

The same respect monitors the heart beats of the martial artist, the carpenter and the poet. And for this ancient monitor we set the clock a few hundred years back, with the right awareness, with useless repetition. In the Dojo it’s the Kata, in the music class it’s the ancient instrument, an old music score. In another place it’s a quill and a parchment. And when the practice walks the same path for hundreds of years, it’s a potent journey.

Our path is a deep desert gorge. There the rocks lie and wait for the careful step to move them. You put your feet in the the old Ninjutsu kamae and it happens - There are ancient footsteps on this road, quiet ones.

No need to look for it in monasteries, quite the opposite - here’s the nose and it’s right under it.

And if it’s a meal than it’s the respect for the food, it’s not a given - something died for it, someone worked hard for it, it’s the food and it can get better. If someone shares this attitude then it becomes better, hench our community.

So this is what I know, this is how the nutrition program starts, this is how the martial art I learned from my teacher goes. It’s no wonder I didn’t dare yet to publish it like the fitness program - a nutrition program that is based on respect for food can only be understood by someone who was hungry and chooses to be hungry again.

This is the obvious and also the hidden side of ‘practicing respect’ in my Dojo. Only a person who was hungry will practice correct eating without acting as if he’s practicing correct eating. Only a person, who witnessed the un-separateness of violence from life, can practice non-violence.

Respecting food starts with sometimes being hungry, when have you been hungry lately? Respect for our Budo is not punching The Buddha.

Today in Tel aviv dojo, ground work - 12.1.2012

2012-01-20T03:32:00.000-08:00

Today we'll be working the basics of Ne waza, ground fighting, in Ninjutsu. Click here for the Ninjutsu ne waza category on the AKBAN wiki.

Alan Moraes in a BJJ seminar at AKBAN

Today in Jerusalem dojo, armlocks and stances - 11.1.2012

2012-01-20T03:31:00.001-08:00

At the first training session we will learn more armlocks and concentrate on shoulder arm-locks and ki gata from Hoko no kamae. At the second session we will work two kata from Hoko no kamae and combine throws and armlocks as setups.

Yoko aruki footwork

2011-08-02T23:42:00.000-07:00

Yoko aruki (יוקו ארוקי) is a special kind of a step used for walking sideways. The yoko aruki step, also called the Ninja step, can be done while jumping or shuffling into position.

2010-09-17T07:10:00.001-07:00

Vote now for the bravest entrepreneur - Shay Reshef - University Of The People! http://ping.fm/k8bJQ

2010-09-16T02:36:00.001-07:00

Fighting spirit realized. A post from the AKBAN miniblog (Hebrew) http://ping.fm/EJvxF

2010-09-16T02:34:00.001-07:00

Assaf Hochman from AKBAN writes, In Hebrew, about injuries in martial arts http://ping.fm/p6Vj9

2010-09-15T05:07:00.001-07:00

Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Akban Weapon seminar in September http://ping.fm/5KE04

2010-08-27T01:36:00.001-07:00

×©× ×ª ××™×ž×•× ×™ ×œ×—×™×ž×” ×—×“×©×” ×‘××§×‘×Ÿ ×™×¨×•×©×œ×™× - http://ping.fm/Ae2ty

2010-08-27T01:34:00.001-07:00

×ª×—×™×œ×ª ×©× ×ª ×”××™×ž×•× ×™× ×‘××§×‘×Ÿ ×ª×œ ××‘×™×‘ - http://ping.fm/nlmZt

2010-08-26T00:10:00.001-07:00

The Akban strength routine, the HIMUM http://ping.fm/S78yQ

2010-08-20T12:06:00.001-07:00

Heifa http://ping.fm/U4pZs

2010-08-20T12:05:00.001-07:00

Pardes Hana , Karkur http://ping.fm/ShUZa

2010-08-20T02:17:00.001-07:00

Ninjutsu upper level block - an Akban wiki technique http://ping.fm/PM2EQ

אומנויות לחימה בישראל: ירושלים, רמת השרון, תל אביב, מודיעין, ראשון לציון

2010-08-14T12:41:00.000-07:00

אלו הכתובות של בתי הספר לאומנויות לחימה בערים העיקריות בישראל

2010-08-14T06:06:00.001-07:00

נפתחה ההרשמה לסמינר פראנה במצבי קיצון בלחימה של מאסטר ניר אונגר http://ping.fm/JFI0z

2010-07-19T04:59:00.001-07:00

http://ping.fm/ISmiz How to use the Ninjutsu upward block in sparring. Including footwork and the secrets of armlock timing. An Akban wiki tutorial

2010-07-09T03:56:00.001-07:00

×מהומות אוקלנד והמשט לעזה - מצא הבדלים http://ping.fm/mIyTd

2010-07-09T03:46:00.001-07:00

The BART cop. Could the Oakland riots be prevented? http://ping.fm/nmDLh

2010-06-30T01:01:00.001-07:00

×ª×›× ×•×Ÿ ×ž×¨×›×– ××•×ž× ×•×™×•×ª ×œ×—×™×ž×” ××§×‘×Ÿ ×ª×œ ××‘×™×‘ - http://ping.fm/F3UFO

2010-06-22T02:46:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/×¤×•×“×•_×¨×™×•

2010-06-20T07:16:00.001-07:00

ריצה יחפה או עם נעליים? http://www.akban.org/hebrew/fitness/sensitive%20running.php

2010-06-17T07:08:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/591/

2010-06-17T02:27:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/nukinotachiheb × ×•×§×™ × ×• ×˜××¦'×™ ×‘×¢×‘×¨×™×ª

2010-06-17T02:26:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/gyakunukiheb ×’×™××§×• × ×• × ×• ×˜××¦'×™ ×‘×¢×‘×¨×™×ª

2010-06-17T02:25:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Nuki_uchi_no_tachi,_TSKSR

2010-06-17T02:24:00.005-07:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Gyakku_nuki_no_tachi,_TSKSR

2010-06-17T02:24:00.003-07:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Yuki_ai_Migi_Chidori_no_tachi,_TSKSR

2010-06-17T02:24:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/zengchidoriheb ×–× ×’×• ×¦'×™×“×•×¨×™ × ×• ×˜××¦'×™

2010-06-17T02:22:00.003-07:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Zengo_Chidori_no_tachi,_TSKSR

2010-06-17T02:22:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/gyakumiginotachiheb ×’×™××§×• ×ž×™×’×™ × ×• ×˜××¦'×™

2010-06-17T02:20:00.003-07:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/×™×•×§×™_××™×™_×’×™××§×•_× ×•×§×™_× ×•_×˜××¦'×™,_×©×œ×™×¤×”_×•×—×™×ª×•×š_×¢×_×—×¨×‘_×ž×¢×ž×™×“×”

2010-06-17T02:20:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Yuki_ai_gyaku_nuki_no_tachi,_TSKSR

2010-06-14T06:49:00.001-07:00

×›×™×¦×“ ×ª×›× × ×• ××ª ×¡×ž×™× ×¨ ×”××§×“×— ×”×ž×ª×§×“× ×‘××§×‘×Ÿ? http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/590/

2010-06-04T13:00:00.001-07:00

Ku no Kata - documented by Akban Galilee dojo http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Ku

2010-05-31T00:30:00.001-07:00

Planning for the future: Preventing muscle deterioration http://www.akban.org/article/588/planning-for-the-future:-preventing-muscle-deterioration

Akban climbing in Jordan

2010-05-25T00:32:00.000-07:00

Akban climbing in Jordan: "A two men team from Akban martial arts academy climbs in Jabel rum"

2010-05-23T22:49:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/nuki_uchi_hebrew A wonderful Iai kata from the Akban wiki

2010-05-23T22:36:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/sakken_hebrew - A sword drawing kata from Akban wiki martial arts project

2010-05-23T22:32:00.001-07:00

Akban_wiki: http://bit.ly/Happo_ken_hebrew

2010-05-22T11:46:00.001-07:00

סמינר ירי, אקדח, לחימה בשטח בנוי ועבודה מול יריב http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/586/

2010-05-20T21:38:00.001-07:00

יובל מרון, אקבנאוט, כוכב נולד http://www.akban.org/forum/?post=2372

2010-05-04T07:09:00.001-07:00

Planning the architecture and design of Akban's honbu dojo http://www.akban.org/article/585/

2010-05-04T07:08:00.001-07:00

תכנון ביה"ס הגבוה אקבן אומנויות לחימה - סבב ראשון http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/584/

2010-05-01T08:42:00.001-07:00

Evasion basics in combat. Tai sabaki in the akban wiki http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Tai_Sabaki

2010-04-15T07:15:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/582/ ריקרדו דה לה ריווה, מאסטר ג'יו ג'יטסו ברזילאי, אקבן אקדמית אומנות לחימה

2010-04-14T03:48:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/article/583/ De La Riva BJJ School in Israel - Akban

2010-04-12T03:39:00.001-07:00

שואה, אומץ וזיכרון - באתר אקבן http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/581/

סמינר אומנויות לחימה - אפריל 2010 - תמונות

2010-04-03T09:49:00.000-07:00

2010-03-22T03:44:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/article/580/ 1st Akban Weapon seminar for 2010 is due next month

2010-03-21T08:35:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/578/ סמינר אומנות לחימה - כלי נשק אקבן

2010-03-21T08:15:00.001-07:00

http://www.akban.org/article/577/ All 12 techniques in The first level in Gyokko ryu - Jo Ryaku no Maki are videoed in the Akban wiki

2010-02-24T01:44:00.001-08:00

אקבן, אקדמיית אומנויות לחימה ותנועה , שולחת מתחרה לאליפות ישראל בהאבקות במוקדמות אבו דאבי http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/576/

2010-02-09T06:07:00.001-08:00

http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/575/ - YNET, כתבה ענקית על חינוך ואומנויות לחימה עם אריאל מקפואירה ויוסי מ-אקבן

2010-01-28T23:08:00.001-08:00

שדה חיטה http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmP7ed2hUs צח דרורי

2010-01-25T02:59:00.001-08:00

(19-25.1.2010)ריכוז המאמרים החדשים באנציקלופדיית אומנויות לחימה http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/574/

2010-01-24T06:29:00.001-08:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Levels_of_violence - A concise description of using a five step model to asses violence - Akban wiki

2010-01-24T06:28:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/7GpaUN - מהי דרגת אלימות וכיצד משתמשים בדרוג של אלימות כדי לתכנן אימון אומנות לחימה?

2010-01-18T03:38:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/zen-hebrew ערך חדש באקבן ויקי: זן בודהיזם

2010-01-17T02:31:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/7ybzc4 עדכון ערך ניניג'יטסו באקבן ויקי

2010-01-17T02:30:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/6glt5S עדכון ערך אומנויות לחימה פיליפיניות באנציקלופדיית אומנויות הלחימה

2010-01-17T02:28:00.001-08:00

עדכון שיטת הלחימה בחרב קטורי באנציקלופדיית אומנויות הלחימה http://bit.ly/8R3d0j

2010-01-17T02:27:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/8R3d0j עידכון מאמר ג'יו ג'יטסו ברזילאי באקבן ויקי, אנציקלופדיית אומנויות הלחימה

2010-01-17T02:25:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/7Iaqar עידכון מאמר קונג פו באנציקלופדיה לאומנות לחימה, אקבן ויקי

2010-01-17T02:24:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/5Sb5sL עידכון מאמר קראטה באקבן ויקי, האנציקלופדיה לאומנות לחימה

2010-01-17T02:23:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/8VsBdg עידכון מאמר ג'ודו באנציקלופדיה לאומנות לחימה, אקבן ויקי

2010-01-17T02:21:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/5EHVm4 עידכון המאמר על בודו נינג'יטסו באקבן ויקי, האנציקלופדיה לאומנות לחימה

2010-01-16T10:32:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/8BylXS אומנויות לחימה משולבות, מאמר באקבן ויקי

2010-01-15T23:22:00.001-08:00

http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/573/ טים פאריס מנסה ללמוד תוך שבוע ירייה בקשת סמוראים מעל גבי סוס דוהר

2010-01-13T05:28:00.001-08:00

The most devastating elbow lock - Waki Gatame http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Waki_Gatame

2010-01-13T05:02:00.001-08:00

וואקי גטמה, בריח מרפק מסוכן. טכניקת קרב מתוך אקבן-ויקי http://bit.ly/4u86OD

2010-01-13T04:59:00.001-08:00

בריח מרפק והטלה, סיאואה, טכניקה נוספת מהאקבן-ויקי http://bit.ly/7nPSr6

2010-01-13T04:56:00.001-08:00

Kaisoku, new Gyokku ryu kata from the Akban-wiki http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Kaisoku

2010-01-12T05:30:00.001-08:00

New Fudo ryu kata updated in the Akban-wiki http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Nichigeki

2010-01-11T07:49:00.001-08:00

צוותים אחרונים חזרו מהמדבר. סיום התכנסות במדבר של ביה"ס ללחימה ושטח אקבן http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/572/

2010-01-03T11:47:00.001-08:00

http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Tawara_Gaeshi_-_Rice_bag_reversal_throw - Tawara Gaeshi Judo throw in the Akban encyclopedia

2010-01-03T07:42:00.001-08:00

ביום חמישי הקרוב - 7/1/2010, לא יהיה אימון בדוג'ו תל אביב. יש אימון אומנות לחימה מיוחד לוותיקים - http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/570/

2009-12-24T06:01:00.001-08:00

http://www.akban.org/article/569/ - Ninja sword shopping...

2009-12-21T00:35:00.001-08:00

Currently reading 'Methodical Pyramid - How to prepare for martial arts, competition and military goals?' : http://scribd.com/doc/24338821

Friends in practice in Old city Jerusalem

2009-12-17T01:28:00.001-08:00

Friends in practice in Old city Jerusalem
Originally uploaded by אומנויות לחימה, אקבן - AKBAN

Great picture of a sword kata on the old city of Jerusalem walls.

2009-12-15T04:43:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/6pX51e - יוקו סוטמי. הטלת ג'ודו. תאור טכניקה, כיצד לבצע? וסרטון וידיאו באקבן ויקי

2009-12-15T04:39:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/6Z6OvY - Ikkyo Ura, an Aikido arm lock from the akban -wiki

2009-12-15T04:38:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/4ZYsoU - שפגט צד. טכניקת גמישות מ - אקבן ויקי

2009-12-15T04:36:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/7hXwbO - ישיבת פרפר. טכניקת גמישות אחת מאקבן ויקי

2009-12-15T04:34:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/5QcYje - Low squat position. The perfect technique image from the Akban wiki

2009-12-15T04:32:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/7d4SuR - Touching toe tip. Flexibility image from the Akban wiki

2009-12-15T04:31:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/6n1ebQ - נגיעה בקצות האצבעות. תרגיל גמישות באקבן ויקי

2009-12-15T04:29:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/8tqqKg ישיבת שפיפה. דף תרגיל באקבן ויקי

2009-12-12T01:10:00.001-08:00

http://www.nrg.co.il/online/16/ART1/977/390.html שכירי חרב: בבוקר אנשי עסקים - בלילה נינג'ות

2009-12-10T23:10:00.001-08:00

http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/568/ אקבן בחדשות. מי גילה את הסודות הכמוסים? כתבה ענקית על אקבן במעריב עסקים סופ"ש

2009-12-10T23:08:00.001-08:00

http://www.akban.org/hebrew/article/568/ אקבן בחדשות. מי גילה את הסודות הכמוסים? כתבה ענקית על אקבן במעריב עסקים סופ"ש

2009-12-10T03:03:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/BJJ_Tel_Aviv קורס התמחות באומנות הלחימה - ג'יו ג'יטסו ברזילאי נפתח באקבן, שלוחת תל אביב - BJJ

2009-12-06T06:59:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/The_Judo_portal - Leaner meaner Judo portal, with easier navigation for all the Judo throws and ground techniques. Akban-wiki

2009-12-06T06:01:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/vote-boaz - בועז פיילר, וותיק אקבן, מקדם תוכנית על דתות בטלוויזיה - הצביעו לבועז

2009-12-06T05:14:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/heb_ethical_code - קוד אתי, ערך חדש באנציקלופדיית אקבן ויקי לאומנויות לחימה ותנועה