Linda Eskin Writes About Aikido, Learning, Training, Discovery, and Connection
From today’s classes, a bounty:Blends, techniques, feedback, feelings.Let it come to you. Relax. Center.Keep your own alignment and things will work out. Like armfuls of … Read more …
It’s funny how we have to keep learning the same thing over, and over, and over, and over again. An old lesson looks unfamiliar in … Read more …
This is not specifically about Aikido, but what resonated with me was the life-changing potential in finding the right teacher, your teacher, in whatever it is that you do, and honoring your duty to pass the art along.
Plus it’s a beautiful video. It’s about Michael Bell, master swordsmith of Dragonfly Forge and head instructor of Tomboyama Nihontō Tanren Dōjō (Dragonfly Mountain Japanese Sword Forging School). Enjoy.
My 2nd kyu exam is coming up in two weeks. Today a friend sent me my own advice, from my email to her before her … Read more …
A friend from work shared a link today to this article: The Trouble with Bright Kids. It describes some research on the kind of positive, … Read more …
One of the things we focused on in Cyril Poissonnet’s class tonight was speed. We worked on training only at a pace where we could … Read more …
Learning Through Feeling – “The Mirror” on AikiWeb
I’m one of a group of writers on AikiWeb.com called “The Mirror”. We write a column every month. This month was my turn again. Learning to feel, and learning through feeling, through the body, have been some of the most important and valuable things I’ve gotten from my Aikido training. I hope you enjoy the column: http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19818
This excerpt from The Book of Five Rings reminded me of something Sensei said in class recently, in the context of techniques versus principles. My … Read more …
So about that seminar, finally… I had a great time at the Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar a couple of weeks ago. Doran, Ikeda, and Tissier … Read more …
