A quote attributed to Morihei Ueshiba has always triggered my mind. That one in which he says that in order to practice Aikido, you’ll need the same strength that is needed to hold an apple. A few days ago I had the chance to meet on the mat a dear friend who has been practicing […]
Can we be dissatisfied and happy at the same time? Dissatisfaction is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it offers an incentive to achieve goals. On the other hand, it can become a regressive spiral. An invisible network that increasingly tangles personal initiative. A crushing burden. The experience of dissatisfaction is common to everyone. […]
Losing. Nobody likes to lose. But what does losing mean? Like almost everyone else, we give a meaning to a concept that derives from the situations we experience. You lose a wallet. An earring on a beach. A relationship. A job. Your confidence. A competition. A bet. Sometimes you lose weight…And so on The concept […]
Have you ever picked up your smartphone to check for messages and updates even if you hadn’t received any notification with its sound? Have you ever opened your messaging apps to check if your message has been read? Finding yourself in the office, at home, in the car, traveling, on holidays, scrolling your finger for […]
This year we had again the privilege of participating in an Aikido seminar led by Miles Kessler Sensei, in the splendid environment of the Aiki no Kokoro in Boves (Cuneo, Italy). A total experience, from every point of view. It was also the first time in all these years that a training session was dedicated […]
“He has a killer look. He has death in his eyes.” “Aikido Tadashi Abe. Metodo Morihei Ueshiba ” is a book which recently came back to me, written a few years ago by one of the pioneers of Italian Aikido, Pier Domenico Anzalone. An interesting reading because it offers direct testimony of the first people […]
Playing games and having fun are two pillars of the common experience of human being. Almost sixty years after the publication of “Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships”, we believe it is important to reflect again on the affinities between the practice of Aikido and transactional analysis. The theories originated by Eric Berne’s […]
Grazie all’opera “Capire i Kanji” di Riccardo Gabarrini e Aki Kaku, è possibile scoprire l’evoluzione grafica che nei secoli ha portato all’odierno kanji di cuore “心”.Da un disegno di cuore molto simile al nostro simbolo moderno si è passati ad una forma con delle linee per distinguere i due atri del cuore con due gocce […]
Thanks to the a book by Riccardo Gabarrini and Aki Kaku, (Capire i Kanji – Understanding Kanji), it is possible to discover the graphic evolution that, over the centuries, led to today’s kanji “心” which means “heart”.From a heart drawn in a way very similar to our modern symbol, Japanese culture elaborated on to a […]
The arrival of spring in Japan is celebrated with hanami (花見). The rebirth of nature, with the arrival of colors on the still bare branches, amazes everyone; in Japanese sensitivity and culture, spring triggers a social phenomenon in which a people recognizes themselves in contemplating the beauty of nature together. There are real forecasts, like […]
