Dear Fellow Aikidoka, The Sendokan Dojo, in conjunction with, the Meishinkan Dojo, are very pleased to announce that Chida Shihan, 8th Dan and Honbu Dojo...
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The 2006 Chida Clinic information is now available for download from the Sendokan website: http://www.aikido.ca/sendokan/Events.htm These documents for...
Hi Everyone, Last year, Honbu Dojo held a special gasshuku to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yoshinkan Aikido. The gasshuku was a huge success with...
I have question that has long since plagued my mind. How do you, as Yoshinkan practitioners, reconcile the fact that you devote so much of your time to a...
I believe Aikido is a budo and not a martial art in the usual way we think of that term. As a budo it is a "way" of life organized around martial principles. ...
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Mar 23, 2006 7:51 pm
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On the contrary, I believe (caveat, only a mudansha) Yoshinkan aikido can be effectively used in a street-fight, even if only in avoiding one (as Mr. Shumaker...
Heyas, To add to the thread Aikido is a martial art.Depends on how you train as individuals,and your instructors lesson plans.Just to add fuel to the ...
I think that many of you make great points, especially Gordon's distinction between Budo and martial art. I agree that Yoshinkan can be used effectively in...
Hmm....one of the age old questions. I wonder if this point was the very one Danial san was learning from Mr. Miagi (spelling) by painting his fence. ...
One further comment. Media accounts are replete with incidents in which yudansha in various martial arts have been beaten or killed by street fighters. In my...
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Sounds like good training! Some dojos are less "realistic." But even cops have problems when they try to use their modified Aikido techniques. A good...
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…I believe Aikido is a budo and not a martial art in the usual way we think of that term. As a budo it is a "way" of life organized around martial...
Mindset. The study of strict 'kihon' over the years gives you great flowing within the syllabus. That is about it. But as some people have said previously you...
There have been some interesting and insightful comments from everybody so far. But I do some further questions/clarifications; Phase: That's a nice theory,...
Good point. When I think of "martial" art I think of some sort of combat art, which would entail both offensive and defensive skills, techniques, and tactics....
Shumaker, Gordon
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Most people don't develop what aikido has to offer in a martial spirit because they are too busy moving around, fixing their dogis, and talking in class....
Very good advice! ... From: yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marcel Booth Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:22 AM To:...
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Wow,very interesting thread.I personally do Aikido as a martial art.Anything beyond that is dancing and fooling yourself.If I wanted piece of mind I would have...
These are my responses to a similar conversation on a different Aikido board. I am providing the link here to just my responses first. However, if you have the...
Sorry All! I was playing around with the different functions on this site and my e-mail provider's and I believe I may have triple posted my response. Sorry...
... great thought im totally understanding where your coming from your windsor brother Rick ..... ... Most people don't develop what aikido has to offer in a...
Dear fellow Aikidoka, We are pleased to have Amos Parker Sensei with us for our 6th year of training and would like to encourage everyone to attend. We ...
Interesting links Charles. I imagine that conversations about the effectiveness of aikido crop up often on the web. I was hoping that the conversation would...
CBB, do other martial arts really offer a 'no-holds' fighting venue to test their skills? Even the Ultimate Fighter bouts have some rules (i.e. no kicking the...
There is no debate.Aikido is a martial art(period).As far as it being budo,it is that as well.Samurai learned many fo the techniques for disarming and ...
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