by admin | Apr 7, 2012 | Aikido, Aikido martial arts self defence, awareness, flexibility, health, physical fitness, relaxation, training
A nice piece from the Aikido Association of America website. The philosophy and internal benefits of Aikido are accompanied by concrete physical benefits. Aikido training is an excellent program for all-around physical fitness, flexibility, and relaxation. The human...
by admin | Dec 1, 2011 | Aikido martial arts self defence new years resolution training, Atemi, awareness, irimi, spirit
A great piece on the concept of “irimi” by Ellis Amdur. Well worth a read. I recently read a post which includes an oft-used phrase—“get off the line and enter.” Not only does this phrase not do full justice to the concept of irimi (I confess I’ve used...
by admin | Oct 26, 2011 | Aikido martial arts self defence, awareness, H W Foster, institute of aikido, UK aikido master, why do you practice aikido
By Dunken Francis. At as social gathering the other day, someone asked me the question “Why do you practice Aikido?” As usual I fell back on my standard response “I started very young and I guess it has become a habit” but since then I have...
