Nashville Nami Ryu Seminar

219 Granny White Pike,Brentwood TN 37027

31 July, 2021

Description

This seminar will focus on using Nami ryu Aiki Heiho principles in armed and unarmed conflicts. James Williams sensei is the Kaicho of Nami ryu Aiki Heiho. He has been studying martial arts since 1960 and teaching since 1975. James has trained, competed in, and taught a number of different martial disciplines: Japanese, Okinawan, Chinese, Filip- pino, as well as the Brazilian system of Jujitsu as taught by Ro- rion and Royce Gracie. His experience includes western wres- tling, which he also coached, as well as competing in boxing and kickboxing. His love of samurai martial traditions came with his study of the Yanagi ryu of the Yoshida han under Don Angier Sensei and the martial traditions of the Kuroda han as taught by Kuroda Tetsuzan Sensei. James also studied Daito ryu Roppokai with Okamoto Seigo sensei. 7/31 = The Saturday morning Sensei will explain and assist students in exploring Nami Ryu Aiki Jujutsu principles of displacing, taking the center, timing, relationship, taking balance and breaking structure in improving empty hand techniques. Our Staurday afternoon session will build on he mornings class taking those core foundational movements and applying them in weapon retention. Sensei will explain how classical movement, in regards to the retention of classical weapons, directly relates to the retention of modern weapons. 8/1 = The Sunday morning session sensei will instruct students on applying the core movements of Nami ryu principles to striking and Camming resulting in better solutions. Our Sunday afternoon’s session sensei will teach Nami Ryu principles used with in Sword and edged weapons. Students will explore how the fundamental movements they have been practicing during the seminar directly relate to kenjutsu. Nami ryu Aiki Heiho is based on Japanese sword arts (kenjutsu, iaijutsu and tantojutsu), the principles of which directly apply to the unarmed martial arts (Jujutsu and Aiki-jujutsu) that were the exclusive martial arts of the samurai. Later these arts formed the basis of modern arts including Brazilian Jiujitsu and Aikido.