“Walking is martial arts” Morihei Ueshiba What this means is that no matter what sort of physique you have, you can do Aikido. Whether you are rigid or soft or thin or heavy set, you can do Aikido in your own way…
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Learn it, then forget about it Ueshiba Sensei’s way of teaching was quite different from the instructional methods used today. In those days, Sensei would first demonstrate the technique we were to practise, simply giving us an idea of the movements. By…
It’s always a pleasure to practice Aikido Yoshinkan, but it’s even more pleasant to train with the two of the best Aikido Yoshinkan Senseis in the world – Robert Mustard, 8th Dan, and Joe Thambu, 8th Dan. This time seminar took place…
This day, December 14, 1883, in Tanabe, Japan, Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, was born. “Everybody has spirit that needs to be improved, body that has to be trained, and Way that has to be passed.” “There are no contests…
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless. Be water, my friend.
It is like a finger pointing a Way to the Moon… Don’t concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all that heavenly glory!
People are defeated by their own plans since they are overly concerned with thoughts of what to do or how to do it.
No matter what you are doing, you have to muster all of your strength and devote yourself to the task at hand.
The opponent can be broken without causing him pain. This is where the essence of Aikido lies.