Aikido Technique Videos and Self Defense Training

With thanks to the Los Angeles Aiki Kai website. O-Sensei's Teachings “Aikido is a manifestation of a way to reorder the world of humanity as though everyone were of one family. Its purpose is...

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I posted an article a while back about how George Lucas was influenced by Aikido when creating the Star Wars movies - here is another great artcile from the onlineaikido.com site, which goes into...

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An Article by Henry Ellis sensei, who along with Ken & David Williams, Haydn W Foster and Eric Dollimore, was one of the original group of students in the UK first taught Aikido at The Hut dojo...

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The Psychology of Aikido by George S. Ledyard, A great article and one well worth taking the time to digest... Many people are familiar with Aikido, the non-violent Japanese martial art which...

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A cool little article I found on the "ehow" website. Instructions Step1Place a small strip of red tape on your uniform, over the injured area. A patch of red tape on your shoulder indicates that...

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I don't often post this kind of stuff, but one of my junior students sent me this link and I laughed so much my tea came out of my nose! Back to the serious stuff next week - promise!Thanks for...

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As you know, I'm always on the lookout for interesting tid-bits and articles from around the world. This is a great little article I stumbled upon, that not only offers some insight into the...

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Train with five Senior Sensei's on one day. The styles represented will be Kyu Shin Do - Ray Eder 5th dan Buikukai Aikido - Adam Cooper 3rd dan Institute of Aikido - Dunken Francis 4th dan Sounji...

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Over the past few years, as I've finally hit my thirties, I've found that my need for stretching has increased. That led me to find a local yoga class; I tried bikram and I thought it was a good practice, but I found it a bit too extreme. My local bikram teachers pushed a harder style of yoga where I found myself really hitting the poses. It was vigorous but not quite what I was looking for.

So, the search was back on, and I ended up finding a small yoga group at the Whately MA , town library. It was a slower practice, more affordable, and really emphasized building core strength. The prefect compliment to my aikido practice, and I'd highly recommend the pairing of yoga and aikido to anyone else. For more info on the Whately MA yoga classes, click here.

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I just found the image above over at SFI, and wanted to share it here as well. There are many forms in aikido and ken-jutsu that use a tsuki attack. But, it is very rare to see it used so effectively in contact. Were that blade steel or even a wooden bokken, an attack like that could have been deadly.