NEW! Annesi LIVE!
Annesi LIVE! Productions are full, partial or assembled seminars and classes shot by amateur videographers. Sometimes the sound or image is less than perfect, but Bushido-kai edits the video to bring out the essence of the instruction so the information is always fascinating.
Annesi LIVE!: AIKI Refinements
 Functional but effortless aiki techniques are more difficult than they appear. Performing a technique exactly the way you learned it may not work in every circumstance. You must understand the technique in depth to make it useful. Eavesdrop on this semi-private intensive class in which Hanshi Annesi addresses questions about "The Invisible Block", Irimi Nage, Sokumen Irimi Nage, Aiki-Ura-Ude Seoinage, Aiki Seoinage, and the "Hipless Hip Throw".
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(1 DVD, 1.5 hours) AL-6, $39 
Nine Masters of Aiki & Ju-Jutsu (NOW in our CLASSICS COLLECTION!) |
 NINE MASTERS 1: Wally Jay and Joe Cowles
at BUSHIDO-KAI
Prof. JAY's favorite video of his small-circle ju-jutsu. Discover why Wally Jay is known as a master who can perform ju-jutsu with effortless grace with techniques that approach an aiki-type of application. Discover how Prof. Jay uses his own investigations to constantly upgrade and modify traditional techniques so that they cease to look traditional.
Bruce Lee and ju-jutsu? Learn how Joe COWLES, a Seattle student of Bruce Lee, teaches his WU WEI Gung-fu, a hard/soft system with added ju-jutsu techniques. Cowles' Wu Wei was a strong influence on one level of Takeshin Seiken Budo (see our Secrets of Seiken Budo videos). Cowles is masterful in lightening-fast execution of in-close techniques. (2 hours)
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J-1, $69.00 NOW ONLY $39
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 NINE MASTERS 2: Shihan Roland Maroteaux of France
New to aiki or coming from a karate background? The Voltaire of the Martial Arts teaches his powerful art of AIKI-GOSHINDO developed from a study of Hakkoryu, Aikido, and older techniques of ju-jutsu and Daito-ryu. A perfect video for karate-ka who want a introduction to the forms of aiki. Maroteaux has picture-perfect form and receives attacks with powerful blocks before snapping on his aiki-ju-jutsu waza. Maroteaux's aiki would be considered hard, powerful and effective by those who prefer an explosive karate method of self-defense. (1.5 hours)
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A-2, NOW ONLY $39
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 NINE MASTERS 3: Soke Don Angier — Inheritor of
YANAGI RYU
Soke Angier's art is from the Yoshida clan—a family art that contains Aiki, Ken-jutsu, and Hojo-jutsu (binding arts). Experience detailed Aiki with additional bonus of Ken-jutsu etiquette and waza. Soke Angier puts little or no effort in his waza; instead, all his effort has been put into perfecting its soft but effective execution. In this video, he teaches you how to do the same with basic techniques from Yanagi-ryu. At first, they appear to be like many aiki-styles; however, perfecting their effortless execution make them a true challenge to experienced aiki practitioners. (2 hours)
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A-3, NOW ONLY $39
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 NINE MASTERS 4: American Masters of 5 Aiki Arts
Don ANGIER, Yanagi Ryu; Dennis PALUMBO, Hakkoryu; Tony ANNESI, Takeshin Sogo Budo; Henri-Robert. VILAIRE, Kaze Arashi Ryu; Miguel IBARRA & Roy GOLDBERG, Icho-yama Ryu span the range from hard to soft with instructional methods from technical imitation to detailed explanation. With Master Vilaire you will use kempo-like blocks to enter into powerful and painful waza. With Sensei Ibarra and Goldberg you use pain but over a shorter range of motion. Sandai-kichu Palumbo offers you more conservative technique explained with detail and humor. Shihan Annesi instructs you in his minimal motion waza with lucid explanations. Soke Angier, the most senior and probably the most skilled Aiki practitioner in the country, treats you to nearly invisible execution. There is no better video available today to sample the array of aiki-ju-jutsu styles and emphases. (2 hours)
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A-4, NOW ONLY $39
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The Principles of Aiki |
  THE PRINCIPLES OF AIKI (Part I & 2)
Tired of having haphazard success with your throwing and locking? It may be because you are imitating your teacher's good form without understanding what makes that form work. Soke Don ANGIER and Shihan Tony ANNESI take form a step further. Form, Annesi argues, is a way of "tricking" a student into doing something right. It is a classical shape that illustrates an underlying principle. If you don't understand the principle, you'll be locked into a form without meaning. Many aiki students have good form but produce varying success in their throwing and locking.
YOU MAY BE ONE OF THEM. By mastering the principles underlying the forms, you can find technical success even when using dramatically different technical forms. Style is less important than principle. The rational West can sometimes explain more clearly what the intuitive East has discovered.
Once you know the principles on which a technique is based, you can easily make adjustments in your own methods and see validity in others. Experience the rush of revelation you will get once mastering TRIANGULATION, BACK PRESSURE, COMMUTIVE LOCKING and a dozen others! There has never been another video series like The Principles of Aiki! TOTALLY UNIQUE! (2 DVDs, 4 hours) ASIAN MARTIAL ARTISTRY with WESTERN ANALYSIS!
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2 DVDs, FOUR HOURS OF AWESOME AIKI!
PoAS: ONLY $99.00
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  AIKI for the STREETS
With Miguel Ibarra (Daito-ryu Yamabushi-kai) & Tony Annesi (Takeshin Aiki-ju-jutsu). Do you find that your traditional aiki art emphasizes defenses against wrist and lapel holds that are more theoretical than practical? On the streets, a grab is followed rapidly by a punch. A body hold proceeds from the rear so someone else can strike! This 2-part video set illustrates defenses to both strikes and rear seizures. Included are techniques that have been tested in actual arrests (Sensei Ibarra is a New York warrant officer) as well as techniques that illustrate theoretical but practical training in minimal motion aiki.
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2 DVDs, 3 hours AftS, ONLY $89.00
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 Pascal SEREI at BUSHIDO-KAI
Montreal's Pascal Serei has studied martial arts from the late '50s. He is a bodyguard, has taught SWAT troops, and specializes in an aiki-ju-jitsu that is unlike Aikido but still emphasizes softness and fluidity. For practical application, there are few better teachers than Pascal Serei.
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(1 DVD, 2 hours)
A-44, $69.00
SELF-DEFENSE for the STREETS Combination Set
Montreal's Pascal Serei and NYC's Miguel Ibarra: all 3 DVDs at a reduced price (see details and previews above).
(3 DVDs, 5 hours)
SD-S, $149.00
Also see AWESOME AIKI SEMINAR COLLECTION below.
Comparative Aiki in Action
10+ years research went into this material. Those interested in functional aikido and aiki-ju-jutsu, are considering adopting some concepts of aiki into their own styles. With a new proliferation of information, Aiki-based martial artists are coming out of their stylistic cocoons and are interested in comparisons between teaching methods...
...Enter Comparative Aiki in Action!
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 COMPARATIVE AIKI IN ACTION (Part I)
Different technical points of view of standard aiki techniques. Preliminaries and 15 Ikkyo with evaluations of efficacy.
What makes one version of a technique more or less functional than another? Tony Annesi suggests that there are no superior styles, rather various technical methods work best in various situations.
This may not seem like a grand revelation, but to martial artists who often want to believe that their style addresses all situations better than any other style, that admission is at least refreshing if not downright iconoclastic.
(90 min.)
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A-7, $59.00 |
 COMPARATIVE
AIKI IN ACTION (Part II)
15 Nikyo, 9 Sankyo with evaluations of efficacy. Annesi admits that his choice of variations are not complete, and his evaluations are not sacrosanct,
but he also suggests that without an honest attempt at an objective investigation of methods, we will never really know what works best for us, what works best in what situation, nor will we understand the difference between an excellent training technique and one meant for actually application. (90 min.)
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A-8, $59.00 |
 COMPARATIVE AIKI IN ACTION (Part III)
8 Yonkyo, 13 Kote Gaeshi. Evaluations of efficacy from Tony Annesi. Among the least streetworthy techniques is yonkyo, yet it is also among the most painful. How can this be? Among the most used techniques in self-defense is Kote Gaeshi, but it also has some of the most elongated and indirect entries. How can it be functional if it takes so long to apply? That depends on one's intended use and the situation of the moment. (90 min.)
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A-9, $59.00
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 COMPARATIVE
AIKI IN ACTION (Part IV)
7 Katate Osae; 4 directions and 6 irimi entries for Shiho Nage with evaluations of efficacy. Shihan Tony Annesi not only shows the Four Direction Throw to all compass points, he also evaluates various commonly used entries.
Katate Osae (single hand press) is a technique in itself but can also be used as an excellent transition technique to Shiho Nage. (120 min.)
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A-10, $69.00
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 COMPARATIVE AIKI IN ACTION (Part V)
11 finishes for Shiho Nage; 4 set-ups, 11 variations of Te Hana (inverted Kote Gaeshi). Shihan Tony Annesi illustrates methods to terminate the popular 4 Direction Throw even when one has failed to properly off-balance the uke. The inverted version of Kote Gaeshi makes a total of 25 variations for this much used waza. We strongly suggest purchasing A-10 and A-11 together for a complete picture of both Kote Gaeshi and Shiho Nage. (90 min.)
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A-11, $59.00
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 COMPARATIVE
AIKI IN ACTION (Part VI)
11 Osaekomi (holddowns); once you take the opponent down, you must have a dependable method by which to secure him. 7 Yubi Waza (finger techniques) to add painful variations to already mastered techniques. Also: a Bonus Section featuring 5 Tenbin Nage (a.k.a. Ude Kime Nage) and 6 Irimi Nage (entering throw). (90 min.)
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A-12, $59.00
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 COMPARATIVE AIKI IN ACTION
Mixed Media SPECIAL!
All 6 DVDs (A-7 thru A-12) with 239 page book with 700 photos at a reduced price.
CAiAmmS: ONLY $249.00
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Methods on the Edge of Aiki Plus |
 AIKI, LARGE & SMALL
Are you doing a true Aiki? Or an Aiki by name only? Tony Annesi (Takeshin Aiki-ju-jutsu) demonstrates various methods of applying techniques identifiable as aiki, from large and fluid to medial circle to near invisible minimal motion. "Aiki," as often used by Daito practitioners, is more than ju-jutsu with a hakama, more than hard aikido, more than even an historical link to the parent art; "Aiki" is tori's minimal motion with uke's unwilling maximal compliance. Commentaries and discussions by Roy Goldberg (Daito-ryu Kodo-kai).
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A-21, $59.00
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 THE THREE LEVELS OF AIKI
What "level" of Aiki skill is emphasized by your system? Tony Annesi (Takeshin Aiki-ju-jutsu) demonstrates ju-jutsu, ju-jutsu with an aiki format, aiki-ju-jutsu, and the rarely seen and difficult level known as "aiki."
Most ju-jutsu students have a hard, fast and very effective form of self-defense.
Then, to become more efficient, they investigate aikido or aiki-jujutsu. What they often end up with is either ju-jutsu that looks like aikido or a large, fluid, and less effective method.
Both ju-jutsu and aikido can be both effective and soft, both fluid and efficient if you are aware of the levels of development outlined in this video.
Commentaries and discussions by Roy Goldberg (Daito-ryu Kodo-kai).
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A-28, $59.00
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 THE EDGE OF AIKI
Tony Annesi (Takeshin Aiki-ju-jutsu) demonstrates the many forms that Aiki variations can take. Annesi reveals three categories of variations: Simple Variations, Contraction (illustrated by Minimal Motion techniques), and Expansion (illustrated by coiling or entangling technique).
This fast moving, action-packed video explains how you can make one technique become hundreds with variations on the Edge of Aiki.
Commentaries and discussions by Roy Goldberg (Daito-ryu Kodo-kai). 2 hours.
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A-37, $69.00
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 AIKI, HARD & SOFT
You know the difference between a hard and soft art, right? Now you can understand the subtleties of hard and soft within your own art!
Does hard and soft refer to your effort or your effects on the receiver? Does hard and soft refer to striking or not-striking or the type of energy used?
Rather than offering a pat solution, Tony Annesi (Takeshin Aiki Ju-jutsu) suggests fascinating options to consider. More variation exists even in the Aiki arts than Hard & Soft can accurately encompass. 90 min.
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A-42, $59.00
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METHODS on the EDGE of AIKI Plus
ALL 4 DVDs, 6.75 hours of MULTIPLE METHODS of AIKI
MEA-p set, ONLY $169.00
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AWESOME AIKI SEMINAR COLLECTION
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