by Aikido Journal | Mar 19, 2010 | Aikido martial arts self defence, Atemi, baseball bat, blend, Conflict resolution, fight, punching, science
I was watching a show on National Geographic last night by the name of Fight Science. It’s basically a show which analyses various martial arts to find how they work, their efficiency and also their pros and cons. In the one I saw, they brought in a Kung Fu master to...
by Aikido Journal | Mar 12, 2010 | Aikido martial arts self defence
An odd lttle video clip I came across… Not a huge fan of “martial arts” legends (dodging bulets is one that springs to mind..) but in intersting bit of viewing nevertheless. Interested as always to hear your comments, especially thos of you who...
by Aikido Journal | Feb 25, 2010 | Aikido, Aikido martial arts self defence, budo, Conflict resolution, kami, kicking, O Sensei, spirit
With thanks to the Los Angeles Aiki Kai website.O-Sensei’s Teachings “Aikido is a manifestation of a way to reorder the world of humanity as though everyone were of one family. Its purpose is to build a paradise right here on earth.”“Aikido is nothing but an...
by Aikido Journal | Feb 13, 2010 | Aikido, george lucas, kii, light sabre, martial arts, self defence, Star wars
I posted an article a while back about how George Lucas was influenced by Aikido when creating the Star Wars movies – here is another great artcile from the onlineaikido.com site, which goes into detail about the links between Aikido and The Star wars films.The...
by Aikido Journal | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
A wonderful except from a radio interview with the founder of Aikido (subtitles). Inspirational (and he shows what a great sense of humour he had). Thanks for taking the time to read this blog, and I hope it makes you want to find out more about Aikido...
by Aikido Journal | Feb 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
A great bit of footage of Saito Sensei performing ‘basic’ techniques outdoors. Very interesting to watch how his movement and especially his bokken cuts are performed, compared to later on in his career. This proves to me that even one of “The...
by Aikido Journal | Jan 4, 2010 | Aikido martial arts self defence, auckland, misogi, seminar, Silverdale
To get in at least 10 hours Aiki a week. Normal class schedules give me a regular 8 hours so intend to get out and about more this year and get to share as much Aikido as possible. Get physically fitter. Easier said than done when you teach all the time, hence point...
by Aikido Journal | Dec 18, 2009 | aBBE SENSEI, Aikido, Aikido martial arts self defence, Chiba, dojo, dOLLIMORE, eLLIS, fOSTER, kENSHIRO aBBE, Nakazono, Noro, O Sensei, Ueshiba, UK, wILLIAMS
An Article by Henry Ellis sensei, who along with Ken & David Williams, Haydn W Foster and Eric Dollimore, was one of the original group of students in the UK first taught Aikido at The Hut dojo by Kenshiro Abbe back in the late 1950’s. I spent the first...
by Aikido Journal | Dec 17, 2009 | Aikido, Aikido martial arts self defence, awareness, blend, ego, energy, kicking, meditation, zen
The Psychology of Aikidoby George S. Ledyard, A great article and one well worth taking the time to digest…Many people are familiar with Aikido, the non-violent Japanese martial art which allows self defense without serious injury to an attacker. Not many...
by Aikido Journal | Dec 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
A really nice article by Todd Jones, outlining the role the ego can play in Aikido and Aikido communities. Sometime people are so keen to be “Sensei” that they miss the opportunity to share…The more Aikido forum threads I read, the more convinced I...
