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 22, 2008 | Aikido martial arts self defence, circle, posture, shinto, square, triangle
The representation of Aikido principles by the geometrical shapes triangle, circle and square are taken from the Shinto cosmology theory of “Gogyo Gogen” where the elements of existence, Liquid, Solid and Gas are all shown to be transmutable and...
