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Connecticut Kokondo & Jukido Academy Invitational Seminar
in Farmington, CT - June
4, 2006. A Fundraiser for the IKA International Seminar. Download the seminar brochure by clicking here. For more information, please contact
Master Scott Cohen at kokondo@kokondo.com
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In
recent years, the BKA has fostered especially warm friendships
inside and outside of the dojo.
To see pictures of BKA members traveling and
celebrating happy events together, please click here: http://www.kokondo.com/travels.htm
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Connecticut Kokondo & Jukido Academy 2nd Annual
Invitational Seminar at Quinnipiac University - April 18, 2004. A Fundraiser for the IKA International Seminar. Download the seminar brochure by clicking here. For more information, please contact Sensei Scott Cohen at
kokondo@kokondo.com
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Please
visit this new page for a detailed description and historical
overview of Shihan Paul Arel's martial arts career.
Shihan Arel is the
founder of both Jukido Jujitsu and Kokondo Karate and is the
International
Director and Chairman of the International Kokondo
Association. Much of
this information was gathered through a series of archived
interviews with
Shihan by Sensei Daniel Cohen from 1994 through 2003, as well
as documents
spanning 54 years of American martial arts history. (
Feb 2004 )
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What
kind of people practice Kokondo and Jukido? Why do they
do it? What benefits do they get out of it? Read
answers to these questions, supplied by some of the
students and sensei of the International Kokondo Association.
Sit back and enjoy this informative and
powerful collection entitled "Voices of
Kokondo-ka." ( Oct 2003)
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Concord-Carlisle
and Brandeis Kokondo Academy Sensei Johanna Glazer commenced the
Code of Bushido article series in 2000 with this
description of honor and its relationship to the other six
codes( Sept 2003)
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Sensei
Steve Lisauskas (Brandeis/Boston/North
Shore-Sept 2003) continues our series on "The
Seven Codes of Bushido" in this new article covering
veracity, or truthfulness."
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Fudoshin
By David Auten (September, 2003)
Inspired by the annual CKJA class-seminar with Master Steve Dunne, CKJA Black Belt and Chief Instructor of Windsor Locks Jukido, Mr. David Auten writes about a cerebral and essential concept in traditional martial arts."
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Home Page Spot Light
Photos
Left Picture:
Shihan Paul Arel employs bunkai from the kata Gankaku against Sensei Steve Lisauskas at the Finland Summer Camp in June, 2003. For several of the bravest seminar attendees from Finland, Israel and the USA, the beautiful but icy cold lake in the background was the scene for late night kata and self-defense "mizu waza" practice following the traditional Finnish
sauna.
Right Picture: Sensei Steve Lisauskas defends against Shihan Paul
Arel's powerful attack with a confident renraku waza (combination technique) at a private early morning lake-side training session at the 2003 Finland summer camp.
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Spectacular
Tamashi Wari (tile breaking) concludes the final phase of the
exhausting black belt test at the Finland Summer Kokondo
Seminar. Congratulations to Robert Örthén, Iiris Sjöblom,
Linda Marttala and Yrjö Ronkainen who all earned their Shodan
in Kokondo Karate in June, 2003.
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The
Concord Journal recently profiled Ms. Johanna Glazer by
describing a day
in her professional life as a History and Social Studies
teacher at Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord, MA.
Sensei Glazer is also the Chief Instructor of the Concord-Carlise
Kokondo Academy, a senior sensei at Brandeis University, and
she holds the rank of Nidan in both Kokondo Karate and Jukido
Jujitsu. She has been an active IKA member for 14 years.
Congratulations, Johanna!
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Scott Cohen and his "sensei" outside the dojo, father David Cohen, were featured in a recent edition of Footwear Plus, the leading magazine for the footwear industry...Scott's profession away from
budo. The topic of the article is multi-generation family businesses.
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Brandeis
Kokondo Academy 15th Anniversary Invitational Seminar -
Sunday, October 20, 2002. A Fundraiser for the IKA
International Seminar.
Download the seminar brochure by clicking here.
For more information,
please contact Sensei Daniel Cohen at dan@kokondo.com
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Directions
to the Brandeis Invitational Seminar
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During
his 5th visit to Finland, Sensei Scott Cohen was interviewed
for the cover story of Budoka Magazine, the country's premiere
martial arts periodical. Click here to read the article
in original Finnish or
Request
English Version
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Martial
Arts Biographies
of Black Belts,
Assistants, and Chief Instructors currently active with the BKJA &
CKJA
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Evolution
and Dangers of Sport-Oriented Karate
- By
Karate
Master Masatoshi
Nakayama
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martial arts biography of Sensei Daniel Cohen(
Nov 2003)
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description of the International Kokondo Association (IKA) and
Inter-Collegiate Kokondo Alliance (ICKA) with photo and
name/title listing of current roster of IKA directors(
Nov 2003)
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Kokondo Karate: Origins, Principles & Techniques, April
2003 |
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Connecticut Kokondo & Jukido Academy, August 2002 |
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martial arts biography of Sensei Scott Cohen, August 2002 |
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martial arts biography of Sensei Daniel Cohen, May 2002 |
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Boston Kokondo & Jukido Academy (BKJA) / Brandeis Kokondo Academy (BKA) |
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In Disarming of
Weapons, a new illustration was added: Sensei Atte Jokinen demostrates bunkai from "Niaha" against Sensei Kimmo Kokkonen at sunset during advanced training in Finland
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