#Aikido #Haiku
#5
Yokumen uchi
Backfoot across, arm receives
Turn on center line

#6
Backfoot to center first
Gathering all energy
expand to the side

Some #aikido folks sparring with some #judo folks in Japan. Nice to see a bit of pressure testing and I think this is useful as a playground, but the engagement setup is still not fully what aikido is going for and only #Shirakawa-sensei was really deploying some aikido tactics in distance, which was nice to see.

Also without strikes people tend to bend in and get close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5NIlORKjzA

#Aikido #Haiku
#4
Not much in common
Endo line and Saito line
Like both anyway

#ThreeGoodThings #3goodthings
1) With Saturdays free of kiddo’s swim lessons at the moment, I can go back to classes with one of my original #Aikido teachers…
2) And all of my closest Aikido buddies are there! Felt so great to be back on the mat with them!
3) Gorgeous day in the #SFBA.

#Aikido #Haiku
#3
Ryo kata dori
Kinonagare attack
Failed to hold the ground

I’ve been asked to be an uke for a friend, as part of his #aikido dan graduation next week. That role I take very seriously and as a great honour. My job, as part of his team, is to make sure he puts on a superb performance.

In case you think that means being nice, and falling at the slightest hint of technique, you would be wrong. While we ukes are not being stupid and just fighting, our job is to attack vigorously and with attitude. Giving him the chance to show he can manage every challenge.

I recently desided to head for my Yondan grading in a year or two. And my plan is to write an #aikido #haiku every day or at least every few days. Here my number one and two.

#1
Aikido Haiku
A new one every day
Two arts on three lines

#2
Super confident
Nikkyo with balance taking
Instead of rough pin

Itsenäisyyspäivänä Kajaanissa #aikido #aikidoleiri

#aikido #aikidoleiri

Rappel : stage #aikido le 23 novembre à Beaussais-sur-Mer. Au plaisir. https://aikido.rettel.com/stage-aikido-23-novembre-2025/

#Aikido #mentalHealth #martialArt

Let's go #aïkido today !

Aikido-Lehrgang in Buchschwabach: 17 Prüflinge bestehen Gürtelprüfung

Link zum Online-Artikel: https://fuerthaktuell.de/?p=7555

#aikido #aikidolehrgang #gurtpruefung #prueflinge #vereinslehrgang #aikidohausbeck #technikschliff #erfolgreich #buchschwabach #landkreisfürth #franken #mittelfranken #bayern #news ///fa-7555

Les maîtres sont là pour montrer la voie, il appartient à chacun de tracer son chemin.
Pensée #aikido (applicable à tout un tas de choses)

Next Sunday we will have a special visitor. Adina Angeleschu-Hakala, 4th dan #Taekwondo will be at our club sharing her insights from that art, and then we will see if we can find connections to #Aikido.

11:00 Taekwondo
12:00 Aikido

Kievarintie 14, #Rajamäki. Hope you can make it!

#ThreeGoodThings #3goodthings
1) Got to see 3 current and past professional mentors for different reasons in the past 2 days.
2) Lucky enough to have gotten 3 formal mentors in my career so far! A couple my company hired at different times, another volunteered. (Volunteer to mentor someone if you can! Sign up to be mentored if it’s offered!)
3) #Aikido class was pretty full. And the sensei posted the next kyu & dan test candidate list, so it’s likely to stay full for a while!

People are always comparing themselves to one another in #martialArts. I’ve come to the conclusion there are two martial artists:

Those who continue. And those who don’t.

That’s it.

#aikido #iaido #karate #judo #jujutsu

Sotkamon Sakuran graduointitilaisuudessa nähtiin mahtavia vyökoesuorituksia: Tooru 6.kyu (juniori), Virve 4.kyu ja Mika 4.kyu. Lämpimät onnittelut!

#aikido

#Aïkilibre, l'association dont fait partie le #Shobukan organise un stage le samedi 22 novembre 2025 au Blocry, à Louvain-La-Neuve.

Les professeurs qui donneront le stage sont Luc Denil, Jean-Claude Maes et Gaetan Francken.

#aïkido #LouvainLaNeuve

I left my fingers in front of a jo tsuki last night, I can still feel it this morning... I don't think anything is broken, but I don't think I'll do that mistake again 😅

#aikido