by Aikido Journal | 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 found...
by Aikido Journal | Oct 7, 2011 | Aikido, Aikido martial arts self defence, dunken francis, institute of aikido, new zealand, self defence, ukemi
The following article was published in the fall 2010 issue of the Aikido World Alliance newsletter. The theme of the issue was ukemi, the art of falling. Enjoy… Like most beginners I’m sure, ukemi was not a particularly attractive aspect of Aikido to me at first....
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...
