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Institute of Aikido Auckland - Youth Academy

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:56:00 PDT

We are very proud of our thriving Youth Academy here at and we have worked very hard over the past 5 years to develop a safe but challenging environment where students can use the framework...

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AIKIDO GAMES FOR KIDS - The tai sabaki game

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:07:00 PDT

At our dojos in Auckland we have a thriving Youth Academy with kids between the ages of 8 and 15 all training together on the same mat. Over the years we have developed and refined a number of...

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HONEST Aikido training

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:25:00 PDT

Training At Iwama . 'When I trained in Iwama under Morihiro Saito Sensei many years ago, every so often he would say something like, “Sunao ni keiko shite kudasai” (Practice with an honest...

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Saito Sensei, 1964, Iwama, original footage

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:35:00 PST

A nice clip from 1964, showing Saito sensei demonstrating many movements and techniques that were to become the basis for the "Iwama" style of Aikido. Thanks for taking the time to read this blog,...

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Rare footage of O Sensei - superb quality

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:47:00 PST

Thanks for taking the time to read this blog, and I hope it makes you want to find out more about Aikido www.aikido4beginners.co.uk

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Aikido & Recovery from addiction

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:23:00 PST

In the past year I have come into contact with several people who are successfully using Aikido as a framework for self motivation, self improvement and self discipline as part of their journey...

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AIKIDO Gaining Mechanical Advantage; Elbow throw

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:59:00 PDT

A short clip taken from the recent Winter camp at The Institute of Aikido dojo in Silverdale Auckland. Thanks for taking the time to read this blog, and I hope it makes you want to find...

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AIKIDO: Gaining mechanical advantage. Tenchi nage

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:26:00 PDT

A clip taken from a recent seminar at the institute of Aikido silverdale dojo in auckland New Zealand. Thanks for taking the time to read this blog, and I hope it makes you want to find out more...

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AIKIDO: Gaining & exploiting mechanical advantage, Tenchi-nage

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:48:00 PDT

A clip taken from a recent seminar (May 2012) at the Institute of Aikido Dojo in Siverdale Auckland NZ. Thanks for taking the time to read this blog, and I hope it makes you want to find...

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Aikido: Gaining Mechanical Advantage, Kaiten-nage

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:26:00 PDT

A short clip taken from a seminar held at the Institute of Aikido Dojo in Silverdale Auckland NZ in May 2012. Thanks for taking the time to read this blog, and I hope it makes you want to...

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AIKIDO. Creating & Exploiting Mechanical Advantages: Shiho-nage

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:59:00 PDT

A clip taken from a recent seminar at The Institute of Aikido Auckland dojo in Silverdale NZ. Thanks for taking the time to read this blog, and I hope it makes you want to find out more...

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Aikido and Stress Management

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:48:00 PDT

A nice little article from an excellent site (which I myself have also written a few pieces for in the past) Ezinearticles.com. Worth checking out. A form of...

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Aikido Principles & the Realm of Spirit

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:24:00 PDT

A very well thought our article from the http://www.mit.edu/~rei/spir-aikido.html website. Well worth a read. C. S. Lewis wrote of transposition, of how complex systems can be...

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The Physical Benefits of Aikido

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:08:00 PDT

A nice piece from the Aikido Association of America website. The philosophy and internal benefits of Aikido are accompanied by concrete physical benefits. Aikido training is an...

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Steven Seagal - Against everything Aikido stands for?

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:42:00 PST

I was trawling through YouTube the other day, and as usual I ended up watching some Aikido clips. Via the "related video's" link I stumbled across this clip, featuring Steven Seagal. Now I...

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Institute of Aikido Summer Camp 2012 - Best ever?

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:15:00 PST

Pain that's four days old creeps across my shoulders and I'm still kicking the dust from my joints as I sweep the mats and tidy up the dojo after the Summer Camp this weekend (yes, I still do it...

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Institute of Aikido Summer Camp, Auckland Jan 27th-30th 2012

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:27:00 PST

The 4th Annual Summer Camp hosted by the Institute of Aikido dojo in Silverdale, to the north of Auckland has now become a regular event and one of the highlights of the New Zealand martial arts...

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AIKIDO, Multiple attacks and body movement...

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:53:00 PST

Taken from my good friends at the Kororo kai Aikido Dojo's FB page. Multiple attack should be seen as an ambush therefor the intent should be to move off line mount a superior attack...

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AIKIDO - Self Defence.....

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:18:00 PST

SELF DEFENCE The main problem with aikido as a self defence art is that the aim of aikido is to resolve conflict with the minimum damage to the attacker and the techniques reflect this...

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"IRIMI"

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:51:00 PST

A great piece on the concept of "irimi" by Ellis Amdur. Well worth a read. I recently read a post which includes an oft-used phrase—“get off the line and enter.” Not only does this...

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AIKIDO AND THE FIGHTING MIND

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:08:00 PST

This article was passed onto me via our club Facebook Page. I am unsure of the source - if anyone knows please drop me a line so I can credit it accordingly. FIGHTING MINDThe instant you...

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"Why do you practice Aikido?"

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:24:00 PDT

By Dunken Francis. At as social gathering the other day, someone asked me the question "Why do you practice Aikido?" As usual I fell back on my standard response "I started very young...

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Falling in love with Ukemi..

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:12:00 PDT

The following article was published in the fall 2010 issue of the Aikido World Alliance newsletter. The theme of the issue was ukemi, the art of falling. Enjoy… Like most...

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Teaching Aikido using Biomechanics

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:21:00 PDT

A really interesting article from a Russian site. I can't read the language unfortuately so my apologies for lack of further info but this piece is very interesting to all those who...

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AIKIDO - The Dojo and Training

noreply@blogger.com (dunken Francis) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:20:00 PDT

I spotted this on the Aikido.bm website.The DojoA dojo can be defined as: A place where the Way of Aikido is practised. A place for forging the body and spirit. A place for...

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