If this post had moralistic intentions, it would have the advantage of being very short. A few impactful sentences, spiced with some platitudes, and that’s it. We train in a martial discipline not to learn how to slap a hypothetical aggressor but to face the many daily challenges. Because the real fight is making ends […]
The posts on the effectiveness of Martial Arts have definitely p**sed us off. The average Aikidoka usually approaches the practice without a solid background in Martial Arts or combat skills. Usually, the audience of an Aikido class has, at most, some experience in some discipline. In general, for almost everyone, a robust literacy is necessary, […]
Any activity involving two or more people may be seen as an interaction, more or less complex. Since it is not possible to keep an interaction in a constant state of neutrality, the interaction itself generates an exchange of actions, a kind of giving and receiving. It is not possible to come into contact with […]
Supporting people development means knowing how to deal with their vulnerabilities. Those operators who work with those people who society places on the margins due to traumas in their experiences, economic difficulties and cultural barriers know this well. For such people it is essential to develop a certain capacity for resilience, drawing on their own […]
At least in words, everyone desires freedom. Anyone wants to express his choices without constraints and thus determine his, her own life. The last years, with the pandemic first and with the war re-emerging in Europe, have also brought to light the fragility of freedom, together with its importance, in the Western world. A condition […]
Yes, it’s true: that alien O Sensei, green but still with almond-shaped eyes who speaks with verbs in the infinitive form, said: “Do. Or do not. There is no try”. Unfortunately (?) Yoda Sensei lives in a future that only exists in the Star Wars movies. His teachings are based on true principles: you can’t […]
WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior recommend at least 150 to 300 minutes per week of moderate aerobic activity. On average, an Aikido practitioner attends a class two, three times a week and therefore WHO can be satisfied… Yet obviously the point is another: How can we ensure that every keiko, every training […]
We talk a lot about spontaneity. Sometimes as if it were an absolute value, as if it were a synonym of authenticity, purity, freedom. Perfection. When applying a technique to a beginner for the first time, we usually witness quite frequent behaviors at a physical level. She/he We can say that they are spontaneous reactions […]
Summer, a time of break of the facilities where we practice throughout the week. Time of necessary rest we give to our body, mind and spirit, providing us spaces and ways to interrupt the daily routine of the year so we fill up our system with new energy and new stimuli. The summer break is […]
Every year, more or less during these weeks, our community experiences one of its most important moments, the Evolutionary Seminar. Our Dojo is in fact part of an international community, led by Patrick Cassidy Sensei, who through the stage he holds, offers nurturing ideas and very dense work trajectories to be further investigated. These are […]
