Brian EricksenJan 254 min2022 New Year: Your Appointed TaskI tuned the radio at random and suddenly found myself listening to Peggy Lee singing the classic, “Is that all there is…?” As I was...
Nick NicholsonJan 132 minDay 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...
Sensei Brian EricksenJan 122 minDay 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...
Sensei Brian EricksenJan 113 minDay 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...
Sensei Brian EricksenJan 102 minDay 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...
Sensei Brian EricksenMay 6, 20211 minDay 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...
Sensei Brian EricksenMay 6, 20211 minDay 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...
Tony Breda SenseiApr 16, 20215 minSelf 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...
Tony Breda SenseiApr 10, 20212 minSolo Training Part 1- Noren GiriLast 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...
Sensei Brian EricksenJan 5, 20213 minDay 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...
Tammy BowcuttJan 4, 20213 minBeing 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...
Tony Breda SenseiJan 4, 20212 minWhy 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?...
Sensei Brian EricksenJan 4, 20211 minDay 1 Sugano Sensei Remembrance/ Why Sugano Sensei was SpecialOn August 29th, 2010 Sensei Seiichi Sugano passed into another existence. I am Yamada Sensei’s inner student, forever grateful to him...