Breathing should be the most natural strait forward practice but how you breath must be effortless to produce relaxing benefits. So what was I doing wrong? Taking a deep breath makes my body feel tense, breathing slowly makes me tense and focusing on abdominal breathing makes me tense which is not relaxing. This is what I figured out… Continue reading “Take a deep breath,” not that easy
It’s a lot like dancing is one of the first books published by an american aikidoist that conveyed the potential for unifying physical and philosophical peacemaking in the practice of a martial art. Continue reading Terry Dobson; Aikido through the eyes of relationships
Saito Sensei explains the most basic technical and philosophical element of aikido. “Awase” is blending with the intention of an attack. In other versions of this same explanation (Lost Seminars) Saito Sensei explains that aikido does not attempt to change the intent; Continue reading The mind of the attacker…
Aikido is supposed to be non-oppositional, this is an example of a technique where we often miss that point. Continue reading Kosa Dori Kotogaeshi