by Aikido Journal | Aug 8, 2009 | Aikido martial arts self defence, auckland, dojo, Silverdale
At last. it is done. After nearly 9 months of hard graft the dojo is finally finished, and the remarkable thing is, it actually looks like our original drawings! As I said during the opening ceremony, all building projects go over time and over budget, and this did...
by Aikido Journal | Jun 13, 2009 | Aikido martial arts self defence, auckland
At last, we are gradually getting to the stage where we can see this as a finished building. On-site, we grandly refer to this as “Phase III”. I think this is because basically we haven’t got a clue what we’re doing and it makes us feel more...
by Aikido Journal | Jun 3, 2009 | Aikido, Aikido martial arts self defence, Atemi, Bokken, Jo, Seiza
A ai harmony, unity, blendingaihanmi basic relation between partners: both have same foot forward (left or right), compare gyakuhanmiaihanmi katatedori wrist grip, right on right or left on left, also called kosadori, compare gyakuhanmi katatedoriaiki blending/uniting...
by Aikido Journal | Apr 20, 2009 | Aikido martial arts self defence, auckland
Recently I was honoured to be one of the instructors on the now famous Auckland Friendships Seminars, where Aikidoka from all over NZ, as well as students of other disciplines including jujutsu, Kung Fu,karate and Judo all take part. the emphasis is on the sharing of...
by Aikido Journal | Apr 2, 2009 | Aikido martial arts self defence, auckland
After a lot of discussion, holding up the plans to the light (then turning them around so that they were the right way up) and drinking of tea out of large enamel mugs, we have eventually arrived at what is now referred to on site as “Phase II”.basically,...
by Aikido Journal | Mar 26, 2009 | Aikido martial arts self defence, auckland
A nice piece by Jason Gray on the pros and cons of mixed-discipline training.In point fighting there is a “strike first and win” mentality that allows you to disregard the loss of both tactical and defensive advantage during an overcommitted attack. By contrast Aikido...
by Aikido Journal | Mar 2, 2009 | Aikido, auckland, martial arts, seminar
Train with five Senior Sensei’s on one day.The styles represented will beKyu Shin Do – Ray Eder 5th danBuikukai Aikido – Adam Cooper 3rd danInstitute of Aikido – Dunken Francis 4th danSounji Ryu Karate – Sensei John Tahere(Special guest...
by Aikido Journal | Feb 24, 2009 | Aikido martial arts self defence, Jo
After months of planning, and even longer trying to find the money, on Saturday morning we finally got underway on construction of the new, full-time Institute of Aikido Auckland dojo. The current venue in okura has served us well for the last 18 months but we are...
by Aikido Journal | Dec 18, 2008 | acupuncture, Aikido martial arts self defence, Conflict resolution
About a year ago, I damaged my shoulder during a training session. The details of the incident escapes me now (something to do with shiho-nage..), but for the last 12 months I’ve been to doctors, taken painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, seen an osteopath,...
by Aikido Journal | Dec 10, 2008 | Aikido martial arts self defence, Bokken
A very nice article by by Peter Goldsbury“What a silly question! Of course aikido is teachable. The fact that there are probably a million past and present aikido practitioners in Japan and overseas is eloquent testimony to the fact. Since Morihei Ueshiba actually...
