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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Here is a link to my research Bibliography and it is weighted to Aikido as my alma mater but there are other resources found there. It is by no means exhaustive but it may prove useful to help you along your path. There are additional evolving imbedded links and suggestions here. I recommend paper copies –Continue reading “BIBLIOGRAPHY”

SINAWALI in AIKIDO

This morning was a focus on the basic sinawali pattern at first merely to learn the drill. There are numerous online references to help remind you of the basic pattern. YouTube is an amazing resource if you can discern the true from the false. Techniques and tricks that once were only taught in person and at seminars thatContinue reading “SINAWALI in AIKIDO”

KI-MUSUBI

Linguistically, Japanese sounds exotic, which (like most things in life) is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because a Japanese phrase like ki-musubi forces non-Japanese speakers to pause mentally and to question seriously whether or not we understand the concept. Translated, ki-musubi is ‘to tie ki.’ Now the curse of aContinue reading “KI-MUSUBI”