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Three Kinds of Disciples 6 Jul 2013 | 10:41 am
A story from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (compiled by Paul Reps): When Zen master, Gasan was studying under Tekisui, his teacher was very severe. Sometimes he even beat Gasan. Other pupils would not stan....
Ouch, Sensei that hurts! 6 Jul 2013 | 10:37 am
Many people when starting Aikido, find the techniques extremely painful. Techniques like Nikkyo, Sankyo and Yonkyo apply pressure directly into the nervous system. They cause submission through pain c...
Instructions on how to tie the Obi for children (and adults too) 29 Jun 2013 | 03:31 pm
People tie their obi (belt) in different ways depending the art they are practising and the school they are learning with. This is how we tie the obi at the Ku-ring-gai Dojo. 1. Start with the end (...
How to tie a Reef (Square) knot 29 Jun 2013 | 03:30 pm
And avoid getting a Granny Knot (the information below is extracted from Wikipedia and other sources.) A Reef knot is formed by tying a left-handed overhand knot and then a right-handed overhand knot...
Saito Sensei Quotes 25 May 2013 | 07:43 am
Stanley Pranin of Aikido Journal, has published a series of quotations by the late Saito Sensei about his teacher, the Founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba. They are worth repeating. The Takemusu Aik...
Thief at the Dojo 13 Jan 2013 | 08:39 pm
I had heard about this story before, but never from someone who was there. Stanley Pranin of Aikido Journal, recently re-published an interview with Shoji Nishio Sensei from 1983. He told this story ...
Learning Aikido by “stealing the technique” 11 Sep 2012 | 04:50 am
The following article is copied from Stanley Pranin’s Aikido Journal website. You can find the full article and accompaying slideshow here: http://blog.aikidojournal.com/2012/09/05/slideshow-great-sti...
Use of Weapons in Aikido 8 Jun 2012 | 12:51 pm
There is a current “debate” as to the value/need for weapon training in Aikido and its importance. Our dojo follows the training curriculum from O’sensei’s personal dojo in Iwama, Japan as laid out by...
Use of Weapons in Aikido 8 Jun 2012 | 12:51 pm
There is a current “debate” as to the value/need for weapon training in Aikido and its importance. Our dojo follows the training curriculum from O’sensei’s personal dojo in Iwama, Japan as laid out by...
Sayonara Nikkyo 4 Jun 2012 | 01:40 am
The departure of Frédéric and his family back to France occasioned the need for a party and a sayonara-nikkyo. David Alexander Sensei tells the story of this practice from the Ibaraki Iwama Dojo at hi...
