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Inspiring Vulnerability
Storm before the calm Inexperienced people can often take their seniors' skill for granted. Much like how a child struggles to imagine their parents as children, or someone learning to ride a bike or swim cannot imagine people that have those skills struggling while...
Inspiring Vulnerability
Storm before the calm Inexperienced people can often take their seniors' skill for granted. Much like how a child struggles to imagine their parents as children, or someone...
Gyodokan
Gyodokan is a recently established Aikido dojo based in Ealing London, founded by dedicated Aikido and Iaido teachers and practitioners Ivan Melo and Cathy Okada. Serving as a...
Perpetual Student
When people find out I do a martial art, they often ask why I picked Aikido. I usually say it is because it isn’t competitive, and the uniform looks cool. Jokes aside, the first...
Aikido all the time
I think it may have been the summer intensive that was the catalyst for change this year. During my summer break from teaching music, a group of 5 Aikido of London members had...
CHILL OUT
My travels as a beginner and a woman in Aikido My teacher Ismail Hasan Sensei once said "One sign of a good dojo is when there is a healthy balance of men and women in it". When...
Burton 2018
In the 30 years I have been practicing Aikido, I have attended approximately 8 seminars a year. When I started everything was shiny and new, every teacher more wonderful than...