Aikido is an energetic system – we require a partner to train effectively and ultimately need the partner’s intent to inform our responses. This fact leads some to conclude that Aikido is a defensive art because it does not appear to emphasize attack and its marketing history decries violence. Nevertheless, when one actually studies what O’SenseiContinue reading “STEALING FROM THE MASTERS – JKD and KENPO”
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INTERLUDE – Suggestions on Training Method
Aikido is perhaps unique in its training method: Once a beginning student is familiar with the basics of safe falling they are thrown into an interactive environment. Training is therefore always dynamic and contextual – training is in movement and with a variety of partners. There are distinct advantages – students learn early that contextually dynamicContinue reading “INTERLUDE – Suggestions on Training Method”
INTRODUCTION
Janus – the tutelary god of time, beginnings, transitions, and doorways.
Protective Arts 