by Aikido Journal | Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
A really nice article by Nav Sagiba. Again as a musician and Aikidoka I appreciate the fact that preparation is everything!The nature of the universe and existence consists of peaks, troughs and moments of intensity. Understanding this better, prepares you to...
by Aikido Journal | Jun 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
A nice piece all about, well, knees. I reckon at any one time about 5% of my students have knee problems. Very rarely is this due to the Aikido training, more often because of a genetic pre-disposition to dodgy knees or as a result of an injury sustained during...
by Aikido Journal | Jun 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
As a Aikido instructor and musician, I often use musical metaphors (similies? I’m never sure of the difference..) to try to get across a point, especially when referring to the importance of developing a correct “basic” from the outset (like learning...
by Aikido Journal | May 26, 2011 | Aikido martial arts self defence, awareness, Conflict resolution, daily life, perspective, posture, principles of ki
Someone asked me the other day why I practice Aikido. My answer nearly always now is “because I can’t imagine my life without it”. But it got me thinking and after a bit of surfing I found a very nice outline of many of the key benefits of our...
by Aikido Journal | May 7, 2011 | Aikido martial arts self defence, breakfalling, ukemi
A nice article by Jeff Sodeman from the Aikido Pinner website.The Three Purposes of Ukemi A good place to start in thinking about and discussing the topic of ukemi is an exploration of the purpose of ukemi. In general ukemi has three roles: creating a situation for...
by Aikido Journal | Mar 1, 2011 | eulogy, H W Foster, Haydn Foster, UK aikido master
A few people have asked for a copy of the short eulogy I wrote fo Sensei Fosters memorial service this week. I was in two minds as this is a very personal piece, but I hope it conveys to everyone what a truly great man he was, and what a huge loss he will be to so...
by Aikido Journal | Feb 15, 2011 | aBBE SENSEI, Aikido martial arts self defence, H W Foster, Haydn Foster, institute of aikido
Sensei Haydn Foster was the Principal Coach of the Institute of Aikido which is in turn a founder member of the British Aikido Board (BAB). Sensei Foster began his aikido training some time towards the end of 1956 at the Hut Dojo, near Heathrow. He was awarded 1st Dan...
by Aikido Journal | Feb 3, 2011 | 13 jo kata, 13 movement jo kata, 31 jo kata, Aikido martial arts self defence, Aikido martial arts self defence new years resolution training, Jo, Jo kata, principles of ki, striking, sword
A nice piece on weapons training in Aikido from Norwick Shingitai Aikikia blog Some Dojo hold classes which are devoted almost exclusively to training with the JO (Staff), TANTO (Knife) and BOKKEN (Wooden Sword); the three principal weapons used in Aikido. However,...
by Aikido Journal | Jan 5, 2011 | Aikido martial arts self defence new years resolution training, O Sensei
Whilst I was scribbling down my goals for the Institute of Aikido clubs here in NZ, I came across this very cool little article on the same subject on the aiki4life blog. Some nice sentiments here… Today is the last day of 2010 and so the madness and the mayhem,...
by Aikido Journal | Dec 30, 2010 | Aikido martial arts self defence
A nice little piece by Nick Engelen from Holland. Once in a while we focus on self-defence. Most of the classes focused on the practise of the martial arts and now and then we mixed both traditional martial arts teaching with practical applications. This was going to...
