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31 May 2022, 12:40
30 May 2022, 15:55
“Bear in mind that shiho nage is a high-risk technique. It seems that on several occasions in Japan, trainees have died as a result of injuries sustained to the head and neck after having been slammed backward onto the mat”
28 May 2022, 11:31
Koppo is the “dark side” of Aikido training. Yes, the purpose of Aikido is healing; healing is the “light side” (as Sensei describes this, he holds his hand out and shows the top, then the bottom of his right hand). The koppo side of Aikido studies destruction, and knowledge of how to destroy an attacker in order to save your life and the lives of others.
25 May 2022, 14:18
He was an apostle and a madman, and we were playing with that which he had sacrificed his life for.
24 May 2022, 14:05
Seito no Kangae
The way of showing respect and gratitude with the right attitude.
This is not an article about Kiai, though the experience it describes offered me a point of view on it that I had not considered before.
When we’re fortunate enough to work with a more experienced Aikidoka we have a great chance to learn.
After the bell rings and the vibration dissipates into the either we can enter a few moments of silence to illuminate our present condition in mind body and breath and raise the spirit for our practice of Aikido.
Over the years, on my journey I have encountered several people who’ve said that Aikido is
ineffective as a martial art.
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