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An aikido exam video

2008-02-25T17:10:00.001Z

Hakama folding

2008-02-25T17:05:00.002Z

Hakama folding instructions and experience...

http://aikidolondon.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-fold-hakama-2-instructions.html
http://aikidolondon.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-fold-hakama-1-my-story.html

All the instructions I found on the Web start with the same 'position': the hakama is on the floor, it's just lying there and looks neat and nice.

So what happens when you see people packing their hakama in 5 minutes?

Iwama ryu aikido demonstration

2008-02-20T13:42:00.001Z

An iwama ryu aikido demonstration.

An artistic aikido picture

2008-02-18T13:54:00.001Z

In case you want to see some very artistic aikido depiction:

http://www.dojoseiza.com.ar/wiki/Portada

A non-colliding tsuki to throw an attacker

2008-02-18T13:52:00.001Z

One of the moves of aikido that looks like magic...

An interview with Katsuaki Asai 8th dan Hombu Aikikai

2008-02-13T11:14:00.003Z

An interview with Asai Shihan.
One of my favourites to read.

[...]Foreigners tend to ask many questions compared to Japanese. What kind of explanations do you provide during class?

I give very little explanation in my dojo in Dusseldorf, except for the beginner’s class. However, I answer any questions as best I can. When I travel to other areas for seminars, I do give explanations because these people can only receive instruction from me two or three times a year. Also, I have my advanced students teach and tell them to teach beginners five minutes a week because they too were beginners at one time. However, I don’t have those with dan ranks walk around and teach.[...]

The art of peace

2008-02-13T11:01:00.002Z

A lot to learn from:

The Art of Peace by O'Sensei

...quotations have been compiled from O-Sensei's collected talks, poems, and calligraphy, and from oral tradition.

Aikido ukemi (roll) exercise

2008-02-11T12:51:00.001Z

A good description of how to learn to roll forward (ukemi) in Aikido.

[...]I found a forum where a new student asked members of the forum to give him some hints on how to improve his rolling skills. The responses were all something like 'o, yes, in the beginning your rolls suck' and 'go to your master and ask him' to 'you need to practice and practice and practice even more'. These are all true but, unfortunately, don't answer the question[...]

Best of Steven Seagal

2008-02-11T12:48:00.000Z

This is not what you usually practice in aikido trainings, but at least his films helped a lot of people look for aikido trainings in the first place.

Collection of Aikido posts

2007-11-05T13:31:00.001Z

I'm an aikidoka (aikidoist) and created this page for several reasons.

Firstly, to simply create a page where the latest aikido posts are collected. I will add some reviews, reactions to several posts but I also wanted a page where I can gain an overview of good aikido blogs' posts.

Secondly, I'm a bit concerned about how thrustworthy my computer is and I didn't want to lose the sources of my feeds and I didn't want to subscribe to any reader sites. I don't even know how they work or what I can do with them. This is convenient and I can customize the look however I want.

I also wanted to add some book and DVD recomendations of books I read and DVDs I watched. And some ads as well, a couple of cents won't hurt.

If your blog is not here and you want it here, please let me know. I'll have a look and if I think it's good I'll add it to this page. If your blog is here and you don't want it to be here, please let me know that too, I'll remove it as soon as I can.

Should you have any other questions, comments please post a comment.