NOLA Aikido Presents: Jan Nevelius Shihan - Kashima-Inspired Kenjutsu Work, Third Series (3/3)

We are excited to share this video from Jan Nevelius Shihan's livestream seminar class series 'Three Saturdays of Kashima-Inspired Kenjutsu Work.'
This is the video from class 3, which was held on November 7, 2020.
This video includes series 3: a review of katas 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, as well as a number of exercises to help us deepen the practice of each kata.
Jan Nevelius Shihan, 7th Dan Aikikai, is based at Vanadis Aikido Dojo in Stockholm, Sweden and has practiced Aikido for 45 years. His main teachers are Endo Shihan and Tissier Shihan. He has also trained with, and has been strongly influenced by, Osawa Shihan and Hermansson Shihan. Nevelius Sensei emphasizes connection, soft ukemi, and an approach to Aikido as never-ending research.
Seminar Series Theme: Kashima-Inspired Kenjutsu Work
From Jan Sensei:
“There will be some suburi exercises, but mostly partnered exercises. Therefore, if you have a partner it’s better. If not, I am sure you will benefit anyway from studying the principles by yourself. We will look at some of the traditional katas from an open perspective.”
Mats Ahlin Sensei will assist.
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Enjoy the class!
Domo arigatou gozaimasu!
Brian Levy
Chief Instructor/Dojo Cho
NOLA AIkido
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Jan Nevelius Shihan
jannevelius.se
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Thank you, Jan for these lessons. These are wonderfully subtle and advanced concepts and actions that would benefit an intermediate student moving into more advanced work. I especially appreciated #3 onwards, how to get in. I was also intrigued by one way of entry, the triangle, which I found, interestingly enough, in one Daito-Ryu teacher. In any case, I wonder if you could now do a series on how these insights have helped you to do your aikido. It would also be interesting if you could tell us who gave you these insights, whether these are from Tissier or Inaba-San or whether they are your own developments. Personally, I would love for you to discuss Friday's book on Kashima because it is not always clear, even for advanced aikidoka, which parts of their system are important keys to understanding. You have explained one entry point essentially and I am very grateful for that (including the circular leg cut and removal, both of which I see as variations of the triangle). It would be nice to be made aware of other entry points, if possible, or any other 'essential' teachings from Kashima. Thanks once again for a very clear and beautiful exposition of Kashima sword work.