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Finding a place of peace within the turmoil 22 Feb 2011 | 06:40 pm
The practice of Aikido is not to overcome an attacker nor to try to avoid them. Rather it is to find that point of connection where the attacker cannot affect you. Zen Story#2 A man travelling acro...
React or Respond … opens the Gates of Heaven or Hell! 22 Feb 2011 | 05:03 pm
Zen Story#1 A soldier named Nobushige came to the Zen monk Hakuin and asked: ”Is there really a paradise and a hell?” “Who are you?” inquired Hakuin. ”I am a samurai”, the warrior replied. “You, a ...
Having the power … of Acceptance 17 Feb 2011 | 11:07 pm
Aikido practitioner and dispute resolution author, Tom Crum, tells this charming story of the power of acceptance in his book, “The Magic of Conflict“: My wife and I once had our early morning mediat...
Now it is proven! Draw last, draw fast. 13 Feb 2011 | 03:55 pm
Warriors throughout history have dueled for survival. Often evenly matched with the same sword or gun, yet one survived and one died. Which was better, to draw first or last? To get the advantage of r...
No hands fighting 10 Feb 2011 | 01:21 am
The story is told of a 16th Century Japanese warrior Tsukahara Bokuden, and his art of “mutekatsu“, or “no hands fighting”. Bokuden, like many samurai warriors of that time, was traveling around Japa...
ABC Technique 9 Feb 2011 | 06:23 am
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4 Temperaments 9 Feb 2011 | 06:23 am
The 4 Temperaments Sanguine The Sanguine temperament personality is fairly extroverted. People of a sanguine temperament tend to enjoy social gatherings, making new friends and tend to be quite loud...
