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 detail, and a joy of being in the moment, he captured the essence of life in black and white... words and lines.

The Fire

energy dancing

heat convecting

upward

light endlessly pouring

upward

radiating heat

and warmth in waves

dry crackling sounds

and the loud

collapsing of

combustion doing it’s

work.

Ablaze.