Yoshimitsu Yamada: Passing of the Most Important Aikido Teacher in the World
The New York Times obituary for Yamada Sensei read, “Yoshimitsu Yamada, Who Brought Aikido to the U.S., Dies at 84.” The headline was...
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Nick Nicholson
- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
More Haiku from Sensei Tony...
Thirteen Jo Kata Sun falls behind the mountain Red and purple sky. ________________________ Sitting in silence My monkey mind running...
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Nick Nicholson
- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
A way to meditate
Sitting Zazen was a key component of Sensei Tony’s Aikido practice. Breathe in, breathe out. Just sit, just be. Thoughts come, and are...
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Nick Nicholson
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
Meditation
Meditation was a part of Sensei Tony's Aikido practice and life. This is a lesson direct from his journal.
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Nick Nicholson
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
The Dragon
More simple wisdom from Sensei Tony... There are no Dragons other than those we create in our minds. Yet nothing exists outside our minds.
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Nick Nicholson
- Jul 27, 2022
- 1 min
Haiku from Sensei Tony Breda
Tony Sensei was an avid sketchbook and journal keeper. His poetry continues to inspire our Aikido. With a love of nature, an eye for...
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Brian Ericksen
- Jan 25, 2022
- 4 min
2022 New Year: Your Appointed Task
I tuned the radio at random and suddenly found myself listening to Peggy Lee singing the classic, “Is that all there is…?” As I was...
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Nick Nicholson
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
Day 8 Sugano Sensei Remebrance/ "If Aikido is about love."
24 August 2007. Traveling with Sensei in cab. Sugano Sensei “In Aikido there is no relationship between words and pretty ideas of Aikido...
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Sensei Brian Ericksen
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
Day 7 Sugano Sensei Remembrance/ "You must make Aikido for yourself."
(Continued from Day 6) BE- You spoke earlier on breathing exercise. We do it as part of the warm up but it is not an important part of...
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Sensei Brian Ericksen
- Jan 11, 2022
- 3 min
Day 6 Sugano Sensei Remembrance/ "Tsuki is proper use of sword."
(Continued from Day 5) BE- Something that has been very confusing to me has been that in the sword style I am learning they teach a very...
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Sensei Brian Ericksen
- Jan 10, 2022
- 2 min
Day 5 Sugano Sensei Remembrance/ "Aikido is not a martial art."
Brian Ericksen : Sensei, I started taking classes in Battodo. It has been very interesting to use a real sword and cut through things. As...
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Sensei Brian Ericksen
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
Day 4 Sugano Sensei Remembrance: “Circle has no end and Aikido is a circle.”
On being a student. Sugano Sensei. Aikido is measured in years and minutes. When you start to learn you need years to see way. Student...
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Sensei Brian Ericksen
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
Day 3 Sugano Sensei Remembrance: “…but really technique is to kill.”
Sugano Sensei: “There is a contradiction (in Aikido) between philosophy and practice. Philosophy is harmony. Practice is defined in terms...
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Tony Breda Sensei
- Apr 16, 2021
- 5 min
Self Defense: Does Aikido 'Work'?
Aiki Blog - Self Defense If you spend any time at all on the Internet searching discussions, videos and blogs regarding Aikido, the topic...
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Tony Breda Sensei
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
Solo Training Part 1- Noren Giri
Last year I had the privilege of hosting the entire dojo for a training session that culminated in testing for a number of students at my...
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Sensei Brian Ericksen
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
Day 2 Sugano Sensei Remembrance/ Philosophy of Aikido is Love.
(These notes were taken at the 2007 Global Inner Aikido Seminar (GIAS) in Belgium. I accompanied Sugano Sensei as Otomo to Belgium for...
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Tammy Bowcutt
- Jan 4, 2021
- 3 min
Being a Black Belt: Making room for those behind you.
What does it mean to be a yudansha (black belt) in a smaller dojo? When you cross that threshold, what does that transition begin to feel...
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Tony Breda Sensei
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
Why Train?
The existential question for people studying Aikido, or the martial arts in general, in today’s society want to be, “why do we do this?...
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Sensei Brian Ericksen
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
Day 1 Sugano Sensei Remembrance/ Why Sugano Sensei was Special
On August 29th, 2010 Sensei Seiichi Sugano passed into another existence. I am Yamada Sensei’s inner student, forever grateful to him...
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