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NEW AIKI INSIGHTS EPISODE AND SERIES OUT NOW!
Aiki Insights Episode 49: Base (in Uke) – series part 1 This episode is Part 1 of our new series on the principle of BASE (in uke). In it we explore a sense of maintaining your base or kamae as uke with the mindset of understanding/feeling where moments of exploitation…
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What was old is new – ‘ancient wisdom, modern applications’.
The body armour of our modern security, policing and military personnel are not so dissimilar to that of feudal samurai. Therefore, the grips that exist in our system of training have never lost their relevance; not to mention that the lapel of a modern jacket bears resemblance to the same…
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New in 2024
New series coming in 2024! Subscribe now to the new YouTube program ‘Aiki Insights’! What is Aiki Insights?It’s a conversation about Aiki Jujutsu specifically and martial arts more broadly. In these videos we aim to explore all things Aiki in a budo sense and delve into the concepts and principles…
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An exciting development: Dojo name change!
Many people may have noticed the change in the dojo name recently and I’d like to announce the exciting news about Mori Sensei’s change and explain the decades of Sensei’s work that have led to this moment. Firstly, all affiliated Queensland dojos under the tutelage and guidance of Michiharu Mori…
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On Shodan
By Stuart Gilmore On Shodan. Often those outside of martial arts circles see “a black belt” as the height of achievement. To those of us who have been training for some time recognise however that it is simply a way marker on the infinite path of Budo. For me reaching…
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Demonstration at Shioda Gozo Memorial 2023, Kyoto Japan
It was my absolute honour to represent my teacher Mori Michiharu Sensei’s aikido (and his teacher’s Shioda Gozo Kancho) at a recent demonstration in Japan’s oldest dojo – the Butokuden. It was probably one of the most significant moments in my #martialarts journey so far… Far more important than gold…
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A little more knowledge for your training in budo – Mindful Mindlessness
As you may have seen, the recent series in the Aiki Insights program that I run on the dojo YouTube channel is focussed around ‘progressions’, and the principle of mushin (no mind). Having this presence of ‘no mind’ (I hear you say that this sounds like a contradiction in terms,…
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Shodan!
By Ian Williams Shodan! Three major things happened to me in 2018; I turned 50, The business I worked for changed ownership and I stopped training in the art I had done for nearly 30 years. For a variety of reasons stemming from that, I stopped any physical activity, and…
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Sandan!
By Greg Dickenson As I sit here on Boxing Day writing this article with a cup of coffee, I am challenged as to where to begin. Aikido has been the most constant activity in my life for the past 21 years with the exception of a 3 year deployment to…
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The Road to Godan
By Lawrence Monforte Sixteen years at the Brisbane Dojo has honestly gone by in a blink but it is a place I couldn’t imagine not having in my life. I try and be grateful every day that we have this place to learn, grow and develop ourselves through the art…