1st Kyu (Iwama-Ryu)
Thirteen years later 🙂
Aikido
Riai Aikido Dojo: 7 suburi & 31 kata
Riai Aikido Dojo in Göteborg (Gothenburg) was established in 2003 by Jan Bratt (4 dan) and Pia Moberg (3 dan). Apart from the most obvious activities like training and seminars, Jan and Pia have also produced a number of booklets. Rather than spanning a wide number of topics, each booklet …
Aikido love
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Holding my first Aikido class
The head instructor for the evening could only hold the first segment of the class today. So three of us were handed the responsibility of holding the second segment of the class. For some reason I was voted to handle it (probably as the person-most-in-need-of-help). We did plenty of randori, …
Pat Hendricks to Stockholm for the first time!
Stockholm Aikido Club has invited Pat Hendricks for a three day seminar in Stockholm. The seminar will be an exciting event. Pat Hendricks, 6 dan aikikai, started out in California 1975. She has continously travelled to Japan. Pat Hendricks runs a dojo, Aikido of San Leandro where she teaches students …
Aikido 3D
For all aikidokas out there who didn’t run across this site yet, here’s the link to take you there: Aikido 3D. Finally somebody put Flash from Macromedia to some good use 🙂
Network for Traditional Aikido
A new network for traditional Aikido sees the light of day in the form of Traditional Aikido United (TAU). Read more about it on www.aikishuren.se. The purpose of TAU is to promote training and studies of Traditional Aikido (read O-Sensei).
Domo arigato gozaimashita
A good place to be is Stockholm Aikido Club Iwama Ryu
Broken thumb
New Aikido equipment, Club of Thumb! Ouch! I guess even the most “peaceful” of martial arts (that’d be Aikido in many people’s eyes) has its downsides; specially if you’re a clumsy Uke and don’t pay attention to what you’re doing when showing your son how agile his dad is. Poor …