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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...
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...
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...
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...
Inspired By London
In Budo, it is commonly understood that sincerity, Kokoro or Spirit is the highest human virtue for practice. Beyond skill beyond smarts even beyond...
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...