Most martial arts (of which I am aware) are essentially technique-based. By this, I mean that they were synthesized from groups of existing movements. Demonstration: Many martial arts use the exact same mechanics for deploying a front kick. It would be ridiculous to assume that each art’s creator independently designed a kick that looks exactly like every other front…
What if I told you that you could practice Taido for over 100 hours every week? Would you be afraid? How do you think your performance would improve? Assuming that all this extra practice didn’t interfere with your job or family life, how would you imagine you overall quality of life to change? What do you think…
there is an outlined method for practicing taido movements. i have also spent a good deal of time researching various training and practice methods as well as general educational theory. using the standard method as a framework, i have made additions and adjustments that i think are applicable to most skill acquisition scenarios we are likely to encounter in taido practice.
In Japan, Kobo is not a practice method — they are a testing requirement. Nobody here practices kobo with the intention of improving their skills or building their technical base for jissen. Instead, most students spend a portion of the two or three practices preceding their exam to memorize the required kobo and perform it well enough to pass. What…
Where to begin? The first thing to understand is that, to a large degree: Unsoku is Taido. Unsoku is the primary technique of Taido. We have a lot of flashy kicks that are quite ingenious, but unsoku tops them all. Most martial arts have stances and techniques. Taido introduces unsoku as a linking principle to allow the interjection of…
