Warming up and planning out the demo before Hendricks Sensei’s interview.
Roy Dean, testing out camera angles during Hendricks Sensei’s practice.
Special thanks to Roy Dean for donating his time to capture an aikido legend in motion and create such a beautifully produced video.
Josh Gold getting Hendricks Sensei ready for the interview.
Josh asking Hendricks Sensei about the mindset and approach that led her to become one the top leaders in the aikido world.
The demo begins. Ukes were flying everywhere.
Provided by Mark Cheng, the kukri machete in her right hand is razor sharp. The training blade in her left hand was given to Josh Gold by Dan Inosanto. Pat has known Dan Inosanto since the 1970s when he was looking for a young up-and-coming aikido instructor to teach at a training camp he led with a number of other martial arts legends. Hendricks Sensei talks about this experience in her interview.
Uke: Louis Jumonville
Uke: Eric Winters
Uke: Noah Levine
Haruo Matsuoka talking with Pat Hendricks. Matsuoka was a disciple of Seiseki Abe, a respected friend of Morihiro Saito. Both Saito and Abe spent a great deal of time with O-Sensei in the later part of his life as his direct students. Saito sent Pat Hendricks to study under Abe for a time when she was an uchi-deshi in Iwama.
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Very nicely done Josh. Please thank Roy Dean for me. Great footage and music. Hendricks Sensei is a treasure.
Thank you Sensei! I will thank Roy on your behalf. Pat Hendricks Sensei is truly a treasure. The aikido world is very fortunate to have her leadership.
Thank you for providing such an informative video. Very nicely filmed! I am looking forward to the additional videos and interviews. Would it be possible to edit some of the videos and show them in slow motion?
Thank you!
Hi John! We shot over 90 minutes of video with 2 cameras. If we have the resources to do so, we’d love to produce other videos in different form factors. However, we’re not quite sure yet what the plan will be for that. 🙂
Next up is focusing on releasing interview content. We will keep you updated as more content is released. It’s nice to meet you here!
Wow Josh. Very interesting that Hendricks Sensei studied with Abe Sensei during her time in Japan. Would like to hear more about that.
I love being a female instructor. We need more women in Aikido and the martial arts in general. Women are naturals and are less prone to using brute force and their power comes from letting the natural grace and flow of Aikido shine through. I feel incredibly blessed at how many women I’ve been able to share my art with. Thank you to all my students for letting me be your sensei!
It is a pleasure seeing this video of Patricia Hendricks . I have a very early video of her which I know is older than 15 years because I bought it in 1995 when I was teaching Okinawan Kenpo and the beginning of my Akido training .Looking forward to seeing more videos of her in the future.
I like the pace of the demonstration you could see each moving been done it was almost like sitting in the military classroom with a military instructor on the thing that was missing was the explanation along with the demonstration .
1SG Earl Rogers Jr US Army (RET)
Thank you! I will share it with our chief instructor.
Spectacular. And Beautifully done!
I found Patricia Hendricks Aikido to be very impressive and smooth with a lot of energy. very well done.
What an experience watching Hendricks Sensei’s grace and power. Truly an inspiration to all Aikidokas, and especially to women.
Super editing and music, too. It was a privilege to watch.