From time to time I am beset with the realization at what a wonder of nature it is that a handful of dust, only a few litres of water and mostly air has been able to evolve and combine into an instrument of consciousness, sentience and mobility with warmth, feelings, understanding, the ability to be variously creative, make decisions and engage actions that lead to outcomes and consequences both wonderful and also stupid, self defeating an

Aikido Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba demonstrates the Shomenuchi Kotegaeshi technique at normal speed and in slow motion.

“Zen training was part of the Samurai’s daily training and is
sewn into the fabric of Japanese culture and daily life”

Hello Aikido students. This week your assignment is to:

Aiki News Number 60, March 1984

Contents

“As with money, ki is easiest to direct when it has been earned and when it resides in your own account.. You can waste years searching for the ki that does not exist, or you can daily make your acquaintance with real ki, as it is, and explore its nuances in the dojo daily.”

“How can someone like you, who can throw all of us so easily,
be thrown around like that by an old man?!”

We are looking for Japanese volunteers for a very interesting and important historical translation project.

“Aikido Densho is an 80-page training manual featuring some 200 photos of
the techniques taught by Morihei Ueshiba during the Aiki Budo period”