Home logon register   Forums        Aikido forum        Search forums The Taidokan        Clubs        About us        Contact us        Taidokan Instructors        FAQ        Aikido events Video zone        Sensei Yates (1) Articles Links        Yoshinkan Webring        Recommended   Words of wisdom: Make time simply to stop and listen . Renaissance martial arts Moderators: Moderator, System admin Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 [25 messages per page]    Guest and member area-> General Discussion Message format FlatThreadedNested  Bill Angus Posted 6/2/2010 7:59 PM Subject: Renaissance martial arts Dojo regular Posts: 13 (82.6.157.235) Here's a link to Johann Georg Passchen's wrestling manual of 1659. Does number 5 look like kata mochi nikajo? Some sequential joint manipulation going on in 8 I think... http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/Passch... Bill Angus Posted 6/2/2010 8:12 PM Subject: RE: Renaissance martial arts 2 Dojo regular Posts: 13 (82.6.157.235) Here are a few more illustrations, this time from an anonymous Swiss manuscript c.1500. Any of these look something like Aiki techniques? Reasonable kamai going on in the third one? http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/Goliat... http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/Goliat... http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/Goliat... Genkisan Posted 14/2/2010 7:51 PM Subject: RE: Renaissance martial arts Administrator Posts: 574 Location: Milton Keynes, UK - Taidokan (90.193.182.109) Thanks Bill, makes for an interesting read I especially like the fact that in the images (links in second post) Tori dislocates his own arm in his defensive strategy :-) Edited by Admin - Genkisan 14/2/2010 7:55 PM Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 [25 messages per page] Printer friendly version E-mail a link to this thread Jump to forum : Guest and member area---------------------- + General Discussion + Yoshinkan Techniques + Martial arts movies + Yoshinkan Events + Jokes +   (Delete all cookies set by this site) Running MegaBBS ASP Forum Software v2.0 © 2003 PD9 Software And Ezboxx Portal System Beta v 0.7.6