Okay, wait here. I'll go and see if there are any of those damned Gladiator guys on the set next door. If we see them, this time no running away. Russell Crowe is no longer allowed to carry any kind...
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Okay, wait here. I'll go and see if there are any of those damned Gladiator guys on the set next door. If we see them, this time no running away. Russell Crowe is no longer allowed to carry any kind...
John,
Have a chat with Jorge. He seems to have some pretty good and effective ideas about marketing. After you get them in the door, you need to have what they want. That's the tough part, in my...
The environmentalists have the right idea, they just have their theories of human behavior all screwed up. If they (we) want to see clean, reusable and or renewable sources of energy, engines,...
Practice, practice, practice
Video:
Osawa Sensei, the former Chief Instructor at Aikikai hombu
Shioda Sensei, little can of worms, no one should ever try to open (might just be some whoopass in there)
Tohei...
OSensei at...
I'll be in Tokyo that weekend. It'd be great to connect a face with some of the more agreeable and knowledgeable posts I've read here and on Aikido L. I have commitments for a fair part of my time...
Stephen,
Hang tough. After your arm is healed, no, not when you think it's healed, but about a month after your Dr. says it's healed as far as it's gonna get, and after you've done all the...
If you're already a doorman (bouncer), it's a bit late to look for an art to learn how to fight.
If you want an art that will eventually be helpful in making you a more efficient fighter, assuming...
I've heard that John Smart was supposed to be a pretty good Aikidoist. The art doesn't look very good to me, and they do some pretty bizarre practices (something they were calling the night I saw it,...
I don't think people are paid such respect unless they've done something to earn it. What I know of you through this and other cyber venues, I'd love to have an opportunity to train with you; you...
Sorry, I'm a firm believer that pain doesn't work.
Wally was talking the entire time he did the "dance of pain" and moving naturally, leading his partner. He was not standing static still,...
I trained with Wally Jay for a total of about 6 months of regular training over about a year and a half period. I thoroughly enjoyed taking ukemi from him, and learned a lot more than I knew at the...
If and when I refer to a teacher with whom I've trained, it's usually to show that I am aware that I've never had so much as a decent insight on my own, much less an original thought.
But I have...
I read these threads, and I find myself shaking my head and muttering, "What the heck happened to E-Budo?" What an incipid thread.
I haven't gotten any smarter, so that only leaves one possible...
Well, I'm not all that old, but I've had my "issues" with weight, and a sedentary lifestyle, an arthritic knee, etcetera etcetera...
What I'd suggest is to build yourself a routine, and stick to...
Well,
It's quoted as a translation, in one of the AikiNews videos (the one with Terry Dobson), as spoken by Osensei. I don't know which book it may be in though.
PS Chris: Your spelling hurts...
"¤¤¤¤!" Frenchie cursed under his breath, "That little prick's got him some help" No matter, he'd wait, there were only so many places a guy with new ventilation was going to go from here, and he had...
Strengths of Aikido?
Entering to turn, turn to enter. In/Yo. Body movement, rather than arm strength. Hip movement rather than shoulder strength. Feet that follow the hips.
As compared to the...
Long as we're picking nits here... Tohei was not the only tenth dan awarded by Osensei.
Hikitsuchi Michio sensei in Shingu was also awarded a tenth dan by Osensei. Apparently it was given...
I have a friend that runs Shinkikan Dojo on Fondren in Houston. His name is Eric Calderon, and I highly recommend his school. His teacher from Japan, Hiroshi Kato is one of my very favorite Aikido...
I study Aikido, and I have and had when I trained with Wally Jay. I trained with him for a total of about 6-7 months, twice a week over a span of about a year. I thoroughly enjoyed training with him,...
You wrote books. You speak, you know. If we can't rely on you for all the facts, what's next? Will you too, tell us we need to find out things for ourselves???
I so like the idea of training with resistance, but coming as I do from a primarily Aikido background, I don't know how to do that well.
I've done some jujutsu, and when I hung in there for...
Great, I'd get a kick out of meeting and training with you. Where's the new job, SJ?
Ohhh-Ohhh. I believe I just saw a pig fly. Is that the sound of hell freezing???
I agree whole-heartedly with Dan's post, and I'm not prepared for such an eventuality.
Any guidance you can give...