by Aikido Journal | 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 Aikido Journal | Mar 7, 2012 | Aikido, Aikido martial arts self defence, auckland, bad, ethics, language, steven seagal video, violence
I was trawling through YouTube the other day, and as usual I ended up watching some Aikido clips.Via the “related video’s” link I stumbled across this clip, featuring Steven Seagal. Now I realize that this is “only a movie” and therefore...
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....
