The Latest Newsletter

This is the most recent Newsletter for Shoshin Ryu Yudanshakai. Professor Bryan Stanley does a fantastic job putting this together. Follow the link to check it out. Feel free to send any letters to the editor to Professor Stanley at:

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If you peruse old editions, you will see that letters to Dr. Rich get posted once in a while. If you have any questions for Dr. Rich, forward them to Professor Stanley at the link above. He will forward them to the doctor for review and probable response. (Shameless plug.)

Uchi Mata - Video of the Week

Gotta love the music. And, the throw's pretty cool too.
On our list, this throw is almost indistinguishable from uchi momo harai. We teach to grab around the waist, as in o goshi.

Also, congratulations to Sam Helm on his promotion to Yellow Belt this evening. Nice job Sam. Keep it up.

Video of the Week

I will begin posting weekly videos again. Here is this week's offering. I had not run across this particular clip online before. A little history: this film is part of a collection of silent film shot in the 1940s. Some of it is from inside the Honolulu dojo, and parts are from outdoor demonstrations. In the late 1970s or early 1980s, Bernie Lau, an aiki-jujitsu specialist put the collection together on VHS for commercial release. This would appear to be a copy of part or all of that collection.