Aikido Study Guides Available
Windsong aikido students: Are you getting ready for a belt promotion? We’ve created some handy study guides to help make sure you are prepared.
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Aikido: Thoughts on Randori
by Nick Lowry Don’t take a step you don’t have to take. Don’t put pressure in your hands unintentionally. Once you do have to step, try to keep at least one foot pointed at your target at all times. Invest in loss…repeat the pattern that is causing you a problem so many times that your…
- Aikido | Blog | Nick Lowry
Zazen and Aiki
by Nick Lowry Do not seek conflict and do not maintain guile. Do not hide or run away from conflict and do not blind yourself. Each transition requires awarness and precision — we tend to want to avoid problems and that tendency tends to further our entanglements. The way out of entanglement is to go…
Chen Tai Chi Intro Workshop
Chen-style is the oldest historically attested style of taijiquan (tai chi), and as such, retains more emphasis on its martial origins than styles you might be more familiar with. Even modern competitive martial artists like UFC champion Zhang Weili train in Chen-style tai chi because of its ability to enhance full-body coordination for generating explosive power. In…
- Aikido | Blog | Nick Lowry
Aikido Koan
by Nick Lowry Simple ink on paper, three figures in a line. Circle. Square. Triangle. Terry Dobson once asked O Sensei to tell him what the circle, square, and triangle meant in aikido.The master told him to figure it out for himself.I love that. It’s Beautiful. This is how zen koans work. The answers you…
- Aikido | Blog | Kyle Sloan
Aikido: Ground Self Defense Part 2
by Kyle Sloan; Cameron Siemens, Uke; Photography & Video by Rob Goodwill Building on movement from last time, we add a partner to the mix. Using your walking, keep uke lined up in your center line. Begin by having your partner walk around you in a circle, well outside the range of your legs. As…
