Hey everyone, I went to the Aiki Kai seminar on Sunday morning (it also ran on the Monday morning but I only went the one day) and I thought I'd share my...
Charlene, Sounds like it was a productive and enlightening class. It's good to hear that our friends at Aiki Kai are friendly and as open as we would hope thaT...
... I don't currently train with the aikikai but I've trained at a few aikikai dojos in the not to distant past and found some to be a tough as nails with ...
As an aside some of the Ki society students in the UK I've trained with have been some of the most martial uke's and nages I've ever encountered (maybe its the...
Hi guys, Many of you will note that I have been somewhat absent from all of the dojos that I frequent (or rather, used to frequent) around Brisbane.... I can...
The following Ki_Aikido_Australia poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What would you like the new name for our list to be called? ...
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May 9, 2002 6:18 am
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Hi Guys, The class schedule at Coorparoo has been revised to Monday 6:30-8:00am <--- now a 1 1/2 hr class Thursday 6:30-7:30am Saturday 8:00-9:30am at present...
Hello! the bushdance has been rescheduled to saturday 1 June 6.30pm st barnabas hall in red hill (see attached flier) please invite your friends, the more the...
Jodi Rees
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May 15, 2002 4:58 am
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Here it is again: I swear i put the attachment in, but it didn't appear on my message...? Hello! the bushdance has been rescheduled to saturday 1 June 6.30pm...
Jodi Rees
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May 15, 2002 5:07 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Ki_Aikido_Australia group. File :...
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May 15, 2002 5:44 am
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Hi all, Although there wasn't a huge response to the poll - the result was heavily swayed in one direction - to change the name to Aikido_Australia. So...I've...
Hello, The moderator of the Ki_Aikido_Australia group has changed the group's name. This means that both the group's email address and the group home page ...
Aikido Australia members .Hello. Please feel welcome if ever passing by Noosa Heads QLD, to drop in for a visit and training. Warm Regards Chicko. Fudoshin...
Hi fellow Aikidoka. Unfortunately the Gold Caost dojo will be closed this saturday morning. We have been moved along in favour of Thomas the Tank Engine and...
1. Scenario1: You're making toast. You put the bread in the toaster and go about your business getting your spreads and tea ready in the kitchen. The toaster...
Built up tenchin? -Feliks- ... From: "Gabrielle Paynter" <gabrielle@...> To: "Aikido_Australia" <Aikido_Australia@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday,...
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May 27, 2002 4:01 am
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What does tenchin mean exactly? I only know it in relation to tenchi nage - the translation I have is "heaven and earth throw"... ... From: feliks_chase...
Gabby! Tension with alternative spelling. N. -- Look to this day! For it is life. In its brief course lie all the realities and truths of existence The joy of...
Embarrasingly, yes. Sorry - feels like Friday afternoon here. :-) My answer is 'tension'. You are tense when you watch the Toaster, even if you don't realise...
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May 27, 2002 4:55 am
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You think I have the answer? ROFL I did have something in mind.......something in MIND as well as body...but I was hoping someone would say it in a clearer...
Hi all, long time me no post! Tension is a part of it I think. More fundamentally I believe it being non- centred. I really refer to mental non-centredness...
Taking this into an attack situation then, would you liken your reaction/non-reaction to the toaster as similar to the feeling of complete control without...
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May 27, 2002 8:32 pm
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OK I'll have a go... Neurons in our brain require a certain threshold of stimulus (action potential) before they fire and trigger more activity in the brain -...
I don't think it's so much that our minds are 'leaning' towards the toaster but more so that our minds are with the toast (rather than the toaster - it is the...
I think it's more that your mind is with the piece of toast rather than 'leaning' in it's direction. When the toast pops, if we jump with it, it implies that...
Dear Gabby-san grasshopper, If toaster is a problem, why use toaster at all? In one of the many obscure books in my library, 'Cooking as a martial art', Roti...
