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Ramblings (Mostly Aikido): One Point
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Monday, 15 June 2009. I decided over the weekend to approach aikido slightly differently. I will take one paticular aspect of aikido and focus on that for the whole class. So yesterday I chose my stance, in paticluar, making a nice deep stance in every technique and exercise. In an art as technically complex and sophisticated as aikido it's easy to get lost in techniques and angles and figuring out what you're supposed to be doing. Take one aspect of it and do that really well. Shodan grading prep aikido.
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Ramblings (Mostly Aikido): Meeting a master
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Thursday, 4 August 2011. I met my wife's teacher this week, a monk called Swami Purananda, who speaks beautifully and intelligently about God/Truth/Brahman/Spirit or whatever label one wants to attach to that which will not be described. For forty minutes I sat there listening as he answered questions and spoke from experience, most obviously. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shodan grading prep aikido. Business Training by Aikidoka. My Youtube channel (good aikido clips and random stuff). Vagabond - ...
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Ramblings (Mostly Aikido): What holds up those hips?
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011. What holds up those hips? I believe what we are missing as we stumble around the dojo is good strong, supportive, sensitive and responsive legs. Too often we forget what's holding up and moving our hips. Our feet connect us to our world a hell of a lot more than our hands but we place all our attention in the arms and shoulders. Maybe this is simply because they are in our visual field. You should be able too move slowly from one low posture to another without gaps or bumps.
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Happy@Work: June 2010
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Thursday, 24 June 2010. Download Free Book: The Happy Manifesto. The second Happy book is almost finished. The first book, Relax, was a business fable about how to create a great workplace. It got some. The Happy Manifesto is based on the real experience of Happy and many other organisations. The aim is to enable you to pick up ideas and approaches that you can put into practice to make your workplace great. Now. Download The Happy Manifesto, free. To download a copy of the first book, Relax,. Executive ...
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Mostly Aikido: Rubbish Ukemi is Rubbish
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009. Rubbish Ukemi is Rubbish. In training I have a tendency to think that when I can't do a technique on a paticular partner, my aikido is rubbish. It must be, I can't perform the wrist lock! Yet when I step back away from my own frustration I realize that I am standing behind my partner, having entered as they attack, focusing on trying to put a pin on his arm when he's stood there facing away from me. Performing rubbish ukemi means you don't get stretched and worked out and you fru...
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Mostly Aikido: Ikkyo, Nikkyo, Sankyo, Yonkyo
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Thursday, 16 July 2009. Ikkyo, Nikkyo, Sankyo, Yonkyo. Ikkyo, Nikkyo, Sankyo, Yonkyo. 1st principle, 2nd principle, third principle, 4th principle. Ikkyo is the primary technique in aikido. From ikkyo flows nikkyo, sankyo and yonkyo. The same opening movement is used in all four techniques. Indeed, if you get the opening movement right you don't need the specific pin that defines a paticular technique. Then as soon as you start thinking about it, or competing with it, it all falls apart.
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Mostly Aikido: Take a moment
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Thursday, 29 January 2009. My job can be stressful, when I take myself too seriously. There are so many people around me taking themselves and what is done unto them seriously, that it's hard not to follow suit. My teacher is always saying one should take what you do seriously, but not yourself. I think this works really well with the philosophy that what people do or say to you should not be taken personally. You are the company. 160;You can't let her talk to me like that! For example) how the hell are...
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The Golf Sensei, Jamie Leno Zimron: Radical Positivity #1: Lessons From My Father and Pat Croce
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The Golf Sensei, Jamie Leno Zimron. The Golf Sensei shares golf and life wisdom inspired by Eastern philosophies and the dynamics of Aikido. Jamie Zimron is an LPGA Pro, Aikido 5th Degree Black Belt, Sports Psychologist, and Body-Mind Fitness Expert. She shares her multi-dimensional experiences on this blog for readers to enjoy and learn from. Saturday, February 27, 2010. Radical Positivity #1: Lessons From My Father and Pat Croce. Yet here is my dear dad, willing to say with gusto that he feels great!
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The Golf Sensei, Jamie Leno Zimron: November 2009
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The Golf Sensei, Jamie Leno Zimron. The Golf Sensei shares golf and life wisdom inspired by Eastern philosophies and the dynamics of Aikido. Jamie Zimron is an LPGA Pro, Aikido 5th Degree Black Belt, Sports Psychologist, and Body-Mind Fitness Expert. She shares her multi-dimensional experiences on this blog for readers to enjoy and learn from. Saturday, November 28, 2009. Thanks go out to a new KiAi Golfer. Who found me on Facebook. And immediately ordered the KiAi Golf Instructional DVD Package. I’...
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Happy@Work: September 2010
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Tuesday, 28 September 2010. Assess Learning not Teaching. This morning I took part in a trial Ofsted at the secondary school where I am a governor. The inspector commented that, in assessing teachers, the focus needed to be more on learning than teaching. I like that approach. Changing the focus from whether the teacher has carried out the 15 different tasks on the checklist, to the quality of the learning that is taking place has the potential to transform the classroom. A Change in Direction. So stop a...
