Thank you for your generous and gracious offer Geoff. I can only hope now that certain business possibilities come to fruition and I can make that visit and please know you are welcome at the...
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Thank you for your generous and gracious offer Geoff. I can only hope now that certain business possibilities come to fruition and I can make that visit and please know you are welcome at the...
Mike I am told my family comes for Exeter England (Hooker family) and it has long been my hope of visiting there. It looks as if sometime in the next few years I may indeed fulfill that dream. Would...
I once had a Black Belt magazine that had a drawing of M. Ueshiba O-Sensei advertising Aikido with light rays coming out of his head. Some people just go too far.
However, I was given one of...
Ok, I will take a shot at adding to the imperceptiveness of this thread. Suppose there was this God dude named Thor (son of Odin and Jord) and suppose this Thor God had a hammer. Suppose someone...
It is amazing how a thread can become so convolute and obtuse.
Now I'll go back into my hole.
From George L.
"I was wondering the other day whether Sunadomari Sensei has any senior students here in the states because they would certainly be an interesting source for inspiration in this...
I have not read the books so I do not know in what context they use “competitive edge” as a component of learning Aikido. I would suggest that another good book you might wish to read regarding...
I am trying to find some serious answers from experienced Aikido practitioners with regard to something that has been on my mind for some time. I mean no slights or cuts to anyone in particular....
Well Aikido-ka beats the hell out of a lot of other things I have been called. Why let it bother you? Now if someone called you a karate-ka or Judo-ka I can see getting pissed because you are one of...
There are no Aikido techniques, there are techniques in Aikido. When I was a shodan I knew them all, when I was nidai I knew them all and better than anyone, When I was a sandan I knew then all and...
I wrote this two years ago for ATM
Why We Continue to Train
I recently conducted a seminar in Pensacola Florida and was struck by the diversity of the people present. They ranged from flight...
Well dang it. He said something to me about "a rose by any other name" and then the phone went dead. Or I did, I'll know as soon as I wake up.
Dennis
"Gil Gillespie [/i]
bowing to O-Sensei is not idol worship."
Bowing has not always been an alien act to Western Culture, or America for that matter. When I was a child we boys were taught to...
Well now I sure think there is ki. I think there is good ki and bad ki, sick ki and healthy ki, strong ki and weak ki. I’m just not sure what the concept of “this” Ki has to do with Aikido. I have...
This may be a cause for joking and levity, and perhaps even ridicule for someone who sees things differently. . What the hell, everyone has a right to see humor in whatever tickles their wit. ...
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Yamantaka
[B]Dear Dennis,
Perhaps a random sorting, or listing by name would serve as well. Regardless of intent, listing the individuals from highest to lowest...
Thank you for your consideration of my request. I have personal intolerance toward certain of the people on the list and although I make innuendo as to their ability I won’t go so far as to...
Now how about braking them out by organization. I am sorry, but I believe one size does not fit all. Listing some people I respect very much with others that can’t carry their obi is a little...
Aikido is what it is because of M Ueshiba Sensei, and according to him it changed as it changed him everyday even until his death. The legacy he left to his last students is the culmination of his...
To Whom It May Concern:
We all have a stake in the terrorist activity in America, and I entreat the United States government to not discount the American population at large. I hear talk of...
Well this has certainly taken off and I’m pleased to read most of the input. I am always pleased to read George Ledyard Sensei and Harder Sensei. I should have been a little clearer in the opening...
I support Ledyard Sensei on this 100 percent. I seen big tough guys go white faced and ashen and get weak because they seen the fat and muscle bubble up out of cut. Or seen the sickening white sight...
I just got my hands on HOPLOS Volume 4 Number 1 March 1982. Have these newsletters been put into a bound volume or single collection for purchase.
Serious knife fighting and knife taking is best left to those that train in it everyday. It is a part of the Aikido curriculum yes, but in most cases it’s only a tool for studying maai, moving up to...