Yes, IMHO Aikido is a legit martial art depending on how you train.
No, you are not too old. I started at 44 (16 years ago).
Type: Posts; User: SeiserL; Keyword(s):
Yes, IMHO Aikido is a legit martial art depending on how you train.
No, you are not too old. I started at 44 (16 years ago).
I choose swim.
I agree that the MMA is popular right now. It is getting a lot of media. Everyone who joins the fad will simply be yet another of the same, and lose its unqiue position in the...
Shihan Ikeda visited the Shindai Dojo in Orlando Florida this past weekend (11/16-18/2007).
Shihan Ikeda walked us step-by-step through the process and application of attempting to make Aikido...
Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar 2007 DVD Review:
Two hours of Aikido instruction, insight, and inspiration, by eight internationally respected teachers, in a spacious and beautiful seminar...
Osu,
Nicely said. Couldn't agree more.
I have been in FMA for 30 years now. Just spent a weekend with Inosanto. Took a fellow Aikidoka with me.
See our article in November 2004 Black Belt Magazine...
As stated in other forums, deepest compassion and condolences extended from myself, the Westminster (CA) Aikikai, and the Roswell (GA) Budokan.
Did atemi leave?
How can you bring it back if it never left?
I hate it when things leave and I don't notice.
How long has it been gone?
IMHO, many of us just add to the way we train.
Skip rope.
IMHO, it is always useful to be critical of how effective your personal training is in Aikido. I do not believe that its a matter of the style practiced but the personal intent and intensity by which...
I came from an FMA background into Aikido.
A while back we did an article for Black Belt Magazine on Aikido against the 5-angles of a knife attack.
I still place my bet on the blade.
IMHO, getting off the line.
IMHO, enter, blend, and take balance.
Ghosting.
Rather than sitting back and just being an observer, try entering and blending with the crowd so you are not notice. Blend with their pace of walking, their general posture. Blend by...
Gotta agree here.
Don't just practice the techniques, practice the principles.
And yes, since I am outsie the dojo more than in it, my Aikido exist where ever I go and whatever I am doing. There is...
I started training with my Sensei when he was about 60, that was 11 years ago. He's now 71 and I am 55. We still train 3 times a week and he teaches daily.
As Ronald Reagan said, age isn't an...
Osu
Thank you for the correction.
Domo
Sunday March 5, 2006 the Westminster Aikikai will sponsor a morning seminar from 9:30 - 11:30 AM with Masatake Fujita Shihan, the General Secretary from the Aikikai Hombu Dojo and the Aikido World...
We have a great one that is scorched from a dojo fire years ago.
LOL.
We have arrived. Finally, we are legitimate. We have our own bobble-head.
YEA!
LOL
IMHO, I would have to agree with the assessment that Stan Pranin is more of a pure historian than a revisionist. Get the DVD of the back issues of Aiki-News and give a read to the interviews. A real...
Great photos.
Sorry I personally missed it.
We did have a representative there.
My compliments to the organizers for what looks like a great event.
Maybe next time.
Gotta go with Ron on this one.
IMHO, Aikido is "complete", but still (capable of) growing.
One of the problems I see is that once the founder of s system retires or dies, the system quits...
IMHO, the problem with most "cooperative" training is that it is "compliant", meaning the uke is doing the technique. True "cooperation" brings out the best in training by providing a level of honest...
IMHO, there is a lot of excellent Aikido around, and without romanticizing O'Sensei, I believe that few of us have dedicated the time and energy he did to create the art.
ai-KI-do. Yes.