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Do a Jiu Jitsu Ude Garami
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How to do a Jiu Jitsu Ude Garami

Learn to perform a Jiu Jitsu Ude Garami,also known as a key lock or hammer lock. This technique is done from a hook punch.

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Do a Jiu Jitsu hip throw
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How to do a Jiu Jitsu hip throw

Learn to execute a Jiu Jitsu hip throw (or koshinage).

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Do a Jiu Jitsu wrist lock (Nikkajo)
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How to do a Jiu Jitsu wrist lock (Nikkajo)

Learn to perform a Jiu Jitsu wrist lock (or Nikkajo) from a shoulder grab.

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Speak common Japanese phrases
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How to speak common Japanese phrases

Host Kaz tells you how to pronounce common phrases in Japanese. If you learn these basics, you should be able to get around easily in Japan.

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Motivate Yourself to Work Out
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How To Motivate Yourself to Work Out

You know you need to work out, but you're having trouble getting up the enthusiasm. Here's some tips to help out. Have fun. If you hate running, don't go to the track for exercise. Find something you like. The list of different kinds of exercises are nearly endless. The only really important thing is to get your body ...more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Do the Do!

We are embarking upon a new year. As usual, some of us will make "resolutions." There isn't anything wrong with setting goals for the year. It's actually a good idea. It may help focus the energy w... more

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This expression, mitakuye oyasin, comes from the language of the Lakota Sioux, a tribe among the Native Americans. It means "We are all related." It's uttered upon crossing the threshold into the S... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post It's How You Play The Game

"Life is difficult." That's how Scott Peck's best-selling book, "The Road Less Travelled", begins. That life is difficult is not news. Over two-thousand years ago the Buddha said it too: Life is su... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post The Da Vinci Kata

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -Leonardo da VinciLearning a kata requires that you go through several stages. First you have to learn the basic pattern and the techniques. Then you ha... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Shibumi

In the dojo, what ISN’T said is often as important as what IS said. To most of us who’ve been raised in the USA, the reticence we encounter in the dojo can be off-putting. American society is very ... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Hone O Oru

This Japanese expression has two basic meanings. The literal meaning is to break one’s bone(s), as when falling from a height. The figurative meaning is “to try harder.” That is, to try so hard tha... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post The Five "S" Process

When I trained at Honbu I used to keep one of the towels reserved for cleaning the floor at the end of class close by me so that I could sop up the sweat that gathered in puddles on the floor benea... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Seido and The Shadow

Not long ago in Rome during a Master’s Tennis Tournament something remarkable happened. In a tightly contested game, American Andy Roddick challenged a linesman’s call on a ball hit by his opponent... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Waza and The Green Room

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Monkey See, Monkey Do

Chi gyo ichi nyo is a familiar expression in the dojo. The word chi means knowledge. Gyo means doing, or action. Ichi nyo means inseparable. Action and knowledge are one! Acting without adequate kn... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Gassho and Kokoro

At the beginning of every class, or almost every class, we do a series of exercises. The Japanese word for this sort of calisthenic exercise isundo. These exercises derive from the Goju style of ka... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Dented, but Undaunted

Nana korobi ya oki (resilience, unflagging effort) is the core belief of Seido Karate. It assumes that life is challenging and that we sometimes fall, unable to meet the challenge. Still we get up,... more

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In 2000, the U.S. Joint Command Forces, a sort of think tank within the military, began planning a war game named Millennium Challenge. The scenario of the game was as follows: a rogue military com... more

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Mike Goedecke commented on Getting Their Orange and Blue Belts

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Ted Pastrick commented on Getting Their Green Belts

Hi Zack, The white line is an indicator that the student is a child. White indicates an innocence or a tabula rasa upon which life will write its story. The green indicates that the student is, at ... more

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Mike Goedecke answered Is karate training schizophrenic?

I think most (men at least) have an innate desire to see things be built and then destroyed. I know I have observed this behavior in children my entire life, including my own desire to build lego ... more

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Zack T. commented on Getting Their Green Belts

Very cool. It's amazing how well-disciplined these kids are. What's the significance of the white line through the belts? ”

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Ted Pastrick asked Is karate training schizophrenic?

On the one hand you have all-out physical engagement with extreme prejudice if the case warrants it, on the other you have introspection and mindfulness with much attention given to impulse control... more

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Ted Pastrick posted a corkboard video Getting His Yellow Belt

Kyoshi Ted Pastrick gives the student their new belt.

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Talent is Over-Rated by Geoff Colvin

The famed chessmaster Capablanca was once asked how many moves ahead he saw when playing a game of chess. His answer? "I see only one move ahead, but it is ALWAYS the right move." Such confidence!... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Paleolithic Nutrition

Kurt Harris, MD, writes about paleolithic nutrition at his highly recommended blog, www.paleonu.com. "Eating like a caveman" has become a bit of a fad, with all the down sides that comes with fads... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Meditation and A Purposeful Practice at Culver City Seido

Life has always been complex and challenging. The challenges today are just different than what they were in the past. Nowadays instead of hunting and scavaging for food and living in the elements ... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Culver City Seido's Approach to "Self-Defense"

West LA Seido Karate-do embeds its personal protection program into its on-going classes. Private instruction in this aspect of Seido can also be arranged with Kyoshi on an individual basis. Person... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Culver City Seido's Approach to Competition

Competition and cooperation are two modes of interaction that engage us throughout our lives. West LA Seido Karate recognizes the need for being skillful at both. We channel the cooperative instinc... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Culver City Seido's Approach to Improving Your Fitness

The point of any workout is to stress your body and initiate an adaptive training response. Period. What are appropriate levels of stress necessary to achieve the adaptive response? In terms of th... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Is There a Tiger in Your Tank?

What's your training about? Would any of it matter if your life depended upon it? If not, what is your training providing you with? These are fundamental questions and your answers to them will de... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post A Way Out of the Overload

A Way Out of the Overload How do we simplify? There's a welter of information, advice, techniques, schools and every imaginable video tape available on the market to answer that question for you. ... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post The Fog of Will

The Fog of Will Suki = a chink in the armor, a psychological weakness. Doubt. The trainee must believe in his or her ability to win in a life threatening situation. The trainee must begin to beli... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Beauty and The Beast

Beauty and The Beast The Japanese word yugen connotes the sense of subtlety as it relates to beauty. According to Donn Draeger, author of many books and articles on the history of Budo, the defini... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Take it on

Take It On Many critics of Traditional Martial Arts (TMA) base their criticisms on the training methodology of the “old school.” Kata and pre-arranged partnered sets, they say, don’t prepare the t... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post Kizeme

Kizeme This Japanese word, kizeme, means "spirit of attack." It is said of Miyamoto Musashi, the famed Japanese swordsman, that as he grew older he relied more on kizeme to defeat adversaries and,... more

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Ted Pastrick wrote a blog post The Unreasonable Journey

On a Wednesday evening when friends are going to a movie or out to dinner, you’re at the dojo training. On a Sunday night when your show or the game is on the television you’re not home to watch i... more

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10610 Culver Blvd. at Overland
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