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Aiki Insights Episode 1
New in 2022! Subscribe now to the new YouTube program ‘Aiki Insights’! What is Aiki Insights?It’s a conversation about Yoshinkan Aikido 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 that make…
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Coffee break article
Our dojo was established in 2013 and it had to close over the past two yers for the first time in its history. Since its been such a challenging two years with COVID, I thought it was a good opportunity to reset and reconsider the purpose of training in the…
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Five critical questions for self-reflection and progress evaluation
How is your training going? Can you even begin to answer this question? What do you use to judge? Many people travel through their life’s endeavours without a thought to how best to assess how they are actually going. Or they may offer themselves a cursory ‘good’ to satisfy their…
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Who is your teacher?
The following article was written by Glen Henry, Menkyo Kaiden Shinto Muso Ryu Jojutsu. In the practice of Koryu Budo / Bujutsu, one of, if not the most important aspect, is to know your linage, and at the fore of that is to be able to answer without hesitation when…
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Sharing the feeling of the Black Belts – Sean Keogh (2nd Dan)
Looking back a few weeks ago at the newsletters from the Brisbane dojo I found evidence of my first aikido grading in November of 2012 – that seems like a long time ago, but I remember it pretty well – especially my woeful knee walking which I am sure must…
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Sharing the feeling of the Black Belts – Kayla Holloway
The moment the black belt touches the gi for the first time represents only the beginning of your adventure in the martial art of Aikido Yoshinkan. I was never in a rush to complete my gradings and gain my brown or black belt. I felt that I wanted to take…
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COFFEE BREAK: An Aikido experience
You may have come across people questioning Aikido’s practicality in a ‘real’ situation. You might have seen comments on YouTube or someone you know saying, ‘Oh, Aikido is scripted and fake… but what if this happened… what if that happened… or, you need competition test yourself’. I often enjoy having…
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COFFEE BREAK: A little more knowledge for your Aikido training
The collective nature of training in Japanese Budo You may have wondered (especially if you are new to the dojo) why we do things in certain ways, especially the warm-up (taiso). What I mean specifically with taiso is the way we count in unison and chant a response to the…
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SHARING THE FEELING OF THE BLACK BELTS: My Hajime Experience
By John DeVries We all understand that growth happens when we venture out of our comfort zone. Yet how often do we actively seek out the uncomfortable? Training in a martial art provides me with an opportunity to explore the uncomfortable. However, with close examination I train in a supportive…
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