by Aikido Journal | Sep 13, 2011 | Aikido teaching tuition biomechanics martial arts self defence training, daily life, self defence, Ueshiba
A really interesting article from a Russian site. I can’t read the language unfortuately so my apologies for lack of further info but this piece is very interesting to all those who like myself, are fascinated by the mechanical realities behind what we do as...
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 | Apr 19, 2010 | Aikido martial arts self defence, daily life, perspective, problems
A nice little article by my young friend Sensei Nick Engelen.During Friday night class I was partnered up with Jimmy. We worked on our technique but it seemed something was wrong with Jimmy. I stopped for a moment and asked if he was ill, he told me that he was fine,...
