February 29, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

Keith and I are working on an update to the site that will make mobile browsing better and get rid of several bugs we discovered. This will probably take few weeks. Meanwhile I still enjoyed finding the time to write and update several articles, mainly in Koto ryu. Here they are:

Video of Neck breaking throw

February 23, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

This has been a busy week with many updates to the AKBAN martial arts documentation project. Here’s a concise list of the English AKBAN-wiki changes. If you’re addicted to wiki code, the wiki rss can be grabbed here.

 The Ninjutsu Acrobatics section was updated

1. Koho tenkai – Back hand spring from omote gyaku
2. Koho tenkai with koho tombogaeri – somersault
3. Koho tombogaeri – Back somersault against an opponent
4. Koho tombogaeri – Back somersault against gosha dori
5. Koho tombogaeri – Back somersault against koshi nage
6. Koho tombogaeri – Back somersault from oni kudaki
7. Oten – Cartwheel
8. Zenpo tombogaeri – forward somersault
9. Zenpo tombogaeri – Front somersault against morote seoe nage
10. Shoten – Wall running
11. Shoten tombogaeri – Back somersault from wall running
12. Zenpo tenkai – forward handspring
13. Zenpo tenkai – Front hand spring agaisnt ura gyaku
14. Zenpo tenkai – one hand forward handspring

The 16 secret Ninjutsu punches became not so secret here:

1. Hoken Juroppo, sixteen striking treasures – Ninjutsu
2. Elbow strikes, hiji, enpi, 肘 – Ninjutsu
3. Bent thumb knuckle strike, Koppō Ken, Ko ken – Ninjutsu
4. Ura shuto, Reverse blade of hand strike – Ninjutsu
5. Five fingers claw strike Shako ken, Kuma Te – Ninjutsu
6. Beak strike, Shitan ken, san shin tsuki, go shin tsuki – Ninjutsu
7. Fudo ken, Ninjutsu fist
8. Boshi, Shito ken, thumb strike – Ninjutsu
9. Tsuki, back punch with a step, Ninjutsu
10. Happa, simultaneous two side strikes – Ninjutsu
11. Tai ken, body blow, Ninjutsu
12. Shishin ken, little finger strike – Ninjutsu

Various Judo and Ninjutsu articles were updated

• Doko ichimonji no kamae, angry tiger stance – Ninjutsu
• Hon gyaku jime, wrist torsion break – Ninjutsu
• Tani otoshi – Valley drop
• Tomoe nage – Circle throw
• Spinning rear push kick, Ushiro mawashi geri – Ninjutsu
• Sokuho kaiten – rolling to the side
• Bobi no kamae, defensive posture – Ninjutsu
• Oh gyaku kata, Shoden gata level – Koto ryu
• Himum, the AKBAN warmup exercises
• Hosoku kata, Shoden gata level – Koto ryu
• Kata guruma, Judo – Shoulder wheel
• Kouyoku kata, Shoden gata level – Koto ryu
• Man empi – Elbow to the head
• Seoi Nage – Lifting shoulder throw
• Muso dori, elbow break, Ninjutsu
• Moving diagonally back, Naname ushiro sabaki – Ninjutsu
• O guruma – Large wheel
• Forward break fall, Mae ukemi – Ninjutsu
• Tsukomi Jime – Front tracheal choke – Ninjutsu
• Dynamic Judo throws seminar, Murata Masao Sensei – AKBAN 2012
• Chokes
• Gun, modern weapons seminars, Akban 2011
• Kikaku ken, headbutt

Video of the Osoto gari from Murata sensei seminar last week

For this week on the Hebrew site click here.

February 16, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

Last week the following technique articles were added to our martial arts encyclopedia:

• Kata maki kata, Shoden gata level – Koto ryu
• Hoteki kata, Shoden gata level – Koto ryu
• Kako kata, Shoden gata level – Koto ryu
• Hoteki kata, Shoden gata level – Koto ryu
• Batsugi kata, Shoden gata level – Koto ryu

Two videos were uploaded to our YouTube channel:

• Kunai, Kusari, Sabaki seminar – 2011 AKB…
• Iso Gaeshi kata, sabaki level, Kukishin ry…

Video of Iso Gaeshi, Kukishinden Kata

February 9, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

Last week an extensive work of more then a hundred articles was done on the Hebrew wiki (link here), but some articles were created and updated on the English AKBAN wiki too. Here are the links:

• Blocking a low kick
• Category:Sutemi-waza (捨身技): sacrifice techniques
• Seigan no kamae
• Ichimonji no kamae
• Category:Te-waza (手技): hand throwing techniques
• Category:Nage-waza (投げ技): throwing techniques
• Category:Ashi-waza (足技): foot throwing techniques
• Category:Koshi-waza (腰技): hip throwing techniques
• Fudoza, warrior sitting stance – Ninjutsu
• Tobikomi kaiten – Jumping front roll
• Category:Blocks
• Category:Capoeira Kicks
• Seigan no kamae – Tachi, sword

Three Kata from Kukishinden, the Sabaki level, were videoed and uploaded to our YouTube Channel (link to channel feed here).

Image of Ichimonji no kamae

February 2, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

Last week the following martial arts articles were written:

• Front knee, Mae hiza geri – Ninjutsu
• Fudo Ryu
• Spinning rear push kick, Ushiro mawashi geri – Ninjutsu
• Third policemen hold
• Muso dori, elbow break, Ninjutsu
• Oni kudaki
• Oyayubi jime – Gi choke with thumbs
• Hon jime – Trachea choke, standing from behind
• Chokes
• Back sliding step evasion, Ushiro sabaki – Ninjutsu
• Category:Karuwaza – Acrobatics
• Combat walk and diagonal back jump, Ushiro aruki naname tobi tai sabaki
• Moving to the side, yoko tai sabaki – Ninjutsu
• Moving diagonally back, Naname ushiro sabaki – Ninjutsu
• Shizen tai no kamae, natural body stance – Ninjutsu
• Bobi no kamae, defensive posture – Ninjutsu
• Jumonji no kamae, cross fighting stance,- Ninjutsu
• Doko ichimonji no kamae, angry tiger stance – Ninjutsu
• Hoko no kamae, Bear stance – Ninjutsu
• Hicho no kamae, bird stance – Ninjutsu
• Hira ichimonji no kamae, horizontal stance – Ninjutsu
• Hanin no kamae, demon stance – Ninjutsu
• Kosei no kamae, Fog creating stance – Ninjutsu

Image of Kosei no kamae

January 26, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

We have added and improved the following articles on the AKBAN wiki:

• Martial sport
• Category:Aikido techniques
• Category:Capoeira techniques
• Seishin-Teki-Kyo‘yo‘
• Gyokko ryu
• Niradin
• Kunai
• AKBAN think tank
• Bujinkan
• Fudo Ryu
• Koto ryu
• Kukishinden ryu
• Ninja
• Ninjutsu
• Portal: Ninjutsu
• Jodan no kamae, Knife, Kunai, Tento – Ninjutsu
• Category:Kunai techniques, Knife – Ninjutsu
• Gedan no kamae – Kunai
• Hira no kamae, Knife, Kunai, Tento – Ninjutsu
• Jumonji no kamae, Knife, Kunai, Tento – Ninjutsu
• Seigan no kamae, Knife, Kunai, Tento – Ninjutsu
• Kyo e no kamae, Knife, Kunai, Tento – Ninjutsu
• Shizen no kamae, Knife, Kunai, Tento – Ninjutsu
• Knife stances – Ninjutsu
• Tento
• Kosei no kamae – Tento
• Combat
• Kunai, Kusari, Sabaki seminar – 2011
• Tai sabaki – Movement and evasion
• Kusari

We also uploaded several videos to our Youtube chanel

Video of three kunai middle range techniques

January 19, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

Several techniques and articles have been updated:

• Kusari fundo, short combat chain – Ninjutsu
• Hitting from the side, Do, Kusari, short chain – Ninjutsu
• Yoko ukemi – side break fall
• Gyaku nagare – rolling from Ichi Monji no kamae – Ninjutsu
• Kicks
• Taekwondo
• Martial sport
• Akban-wiki editor position
• Tani otoshi – Valley drop
• Koshi Nage – Full waist throw
• Ichimonji no kamae
• Hoko no kamae
• Hicho no kamae
• Tsuki kusari – Thrusting forward, Short chain

We also uploaded a short chain tutorial to our YouTube channel, and that’s it for this week.

January 12, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

This week the following Ninjutsu articles were updated in the AKBAN wiki:

• Uchimata, inner leg throw – Ninjutsu
• Right diagonal one hand strike, short stick, hanbo, Yoko man migi – Ninjutsu
• Left diagonal one hand strike, short stick, hanbo, Yoko man hidari – Ninjutsu
• Hanbo – Short stick
• Ouchi gari – Major inner reap
• Category:Nage-waza (投げ技): throwing techniques
• Category:Kansetsu-waza (関節技): joint locks
• Category:Ne-waza: ground techniques

Several videos were uploaded to AKBAN youtube, the last one was from the Kusari seminar.

Video of horizontal strike with the Ninjutsu chain

January 5, 2012
Yossi Sheriff

Last week was a rather productive one in the English and Hebrew wiki. We wrote and added martial arts techniques to many articles in the wiki. Here’s a short list. Keep training.

• Forward break fall, Mae ukemi – Ninjutsu
• Shizen tai no kamae, natural body stance – Ninjutsu
• Jumonji no kamae, cross fighting stance,- Ninjutsu
• Blocking a low kick
• Itsutsu no tachi, TSKSR
• Nanatsu no tachi, TSKSR
• Kasumi no tachi, TSKSR
• Hakka no tachi, TSKSR
• Mitsu no tachi, TSKSR
• Yotsu no tachi, TSKSR
• Hon gyaku jime, wrist torsion break – Ninjutsu
• Omote gyaku, outer wrist lock – Ninjutsu
• Ura gyaku, inner wrist lock – Ninjutsu
• Te hodoki, hand release – Ninjutsu
• Tsuppari, open hand punch – Ninjutsu
• Tsukomi Jime – Front tracheal choke – Ninjutsu

Video of the Ninjutsu basic side roll

December 27, 2011
Yossi Sheriff

Here are the articles and martial arts techniques that were added to the AKBAN wiki in the last 7 days:

1. Seishin Teki Kyo yo – Ninjutsu spiritual principles
2. Yoko Tomoe nage – side sacrifice throw
3. Doko ichimonji no kamae – Tiger stance, Ninjutsu
4. Seoe – Ninjutsu throw and elbow lock
5. Yubi kudaki – finger breaking
6. Muso dori – Ninjutsu elbow break
7. Ura shuto – Reverse blade of hand punch
8. Mae geri – Front kick
9. Tahtib – Egyptian stick fighting
10. Tani otoshi – Ninjutsu valley throw
11. Front punch – Jab
12. Back punch – Cross

And last, but not least Back roll, Sokuho kaiten