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 | Feb 3, 2011 | 13 jo kata, 13 movement jo kata, 31 jo kata, Aikido martial arts self defence, Aikido martial arts self defence new years resolution training, Jo, Jo kata, principles of ki, striking, sword
A nice piece on weapons training in Aikido from Norwick Shingitai Aikikia blog Some Dojo hold classes which are devoted almost exclusively to training with the JO (Staff), TANTO (Knife) and BOKKEN (Wooden Sword); the three principal weapons used in Aikido. However,...
by Aikido Journal | May 20, 2010 | Aikido, extend ki, kicking, principles of ki, relaxation, weight underside
A very nice piece taken from the Virginia Ki society website. There is, understandably a bias toward the Ki society style of Aikido but the outline it gives of the Four Principles of Ki apply to ALL style of Aikido practice, and are often neglected a little in the...
