Went to Aikido class this morning and as always it was a really good experience. My newest student who I had lent some video tapes was in class. I asked those who were there what would like to work on and the newest student said ikkyo techniques. I asked him will what problems are you having [...]
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Another 6:00am class
Posted in Hummm?, tagged aikido, attack, class, morning, teaching on June 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Role of Uke
Posted in Hummm?, tagged aikido, Ashland, Nage, Suenaka, Uke on March 11, 2010 | 6 Comments »
As an instructor at Aikido Suenaka-Ha Ashland there is something that I would like to discuss and that is the role of uke. Uke is the person that is thrown or the one who receives the action provided by nage. During practice everyone will assume the uke’s position. But do we really understand what it means [...]
Just a thought on being Dojo Cho.
Posted in Hummm?, Mind on March 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
EXPECT NOTHING BUT GIVE, GIVE AND BE PREPARED TO GIVE SOME MORE.
Aikido and Self Defense
Posted in Hummm?, tagged aikido, self defense, teaching on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have practiced Aikido for about 18 years and teaching for about 14 years. As an instructor twice I had been approached by someone wanting to learn how to defend themself. Each time this request was made I was caught a little off guard. I had a call from a parent who stated that she wanted her son to learn how to [...]
