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19 Jun 2023, 18:24
19 Mar 2023, 09:13
Damn them! Damn them all! Never ever trust the eyes. They will lie to you every time. Misdirection is a mistress that will lose you the initiative if you let it and cost you the fight.
5 Feb 2023, 13:56
15 Jan 2023, 11:24
In a martial sense, it takes years of training to be able to understand the fine line between sen-no-sen and meaning of sensen-no-sen.
17 Dec 2022, 15:25
Masamichi Noro was born January 21, 1935 in Aomori, Japan. One of the characteristics of his early years is the musical universe that surrounded him, and which strongly influenced his sensibility. His education destined him to be a medical doctor, but one encounter re-directed the course of his life toward the martial arts, irrevocably. In 1955, while pursuing university studies, his uncle arranged for him to be presented to a famous master of Ju-jitsu, Morihei Ueshiba, the kaichō 開帳 of Aikido.

Seito no Kangae

Reflections on our first Saturday Keiko of 2023.
Looking at specific areas within the solo practice of Aikido which help to develop the Powerhouse (Legs and Core)
The practice of Aikido is one activity which offers the opportunity to re connect to patterns of movement which can restore and build lost strength mobility and flexibility lost through inactivity.
This article is not really about what this is or how to achieve it. What you'll find here is my opinion of Mushin, which is in summary, very positive.
From many years of Aikido Keiko both in the U.K.and Japan I have witnessed many Aikido gradings