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Sep 44 min read
Tom's stream of consciousness
As part of a first Dan promotion I ask my students to write an essay on what aikido means to them. Tom first came to me as a beginner,...
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Jun 286 min read
Is it time to revisit the traditional aikido training methods?
It is an incontrovertible fact that the popularity of aikido is waning. The art receives a barrage of criticism from MMA and the cage...
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Jun 283 min read
Why using strength against an opponent is inefficient
If you use a muscle to move something you are essentially using a lever. To pull something towards you, you will use your biceps to flex...
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Jan 18, 20234 min read
The benefits and requirements of training
WHAT AIKIDO TRAINING CAN DO FOR YOU The warm up routine and the actual practising of technique, which may involve constant attacking,...
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downspeter
Aug 10, 20194 min read
Finding the spiritual in aikido
A long term student recently told me that he felt that our study of aikido was ignoring the spiritual dimension of the art by focussing...
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downspeter
Feb 19, 20192 min read
How to stop your opponent breaking your grip
Many techniques in aikido require a non-slip grip on uke's wrist. In particular gokyo (fifth pin) and shiho-nage are techniques in which...
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downspeter
May 16, 20185 min read
Getting the most from being the attacker
The term uke is derived from the verb “ukeru” to receive and refers to the partner in a practice pair who traditionally provides the...
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downspeter
May 16, 20182 min read
What's the Unbendable Arm and how can you use it
Here we have one of those mysteries of aikido. A mystery which many folk would say is extremely important to correct technique....
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