Peanut butter cups would never have come about,unless the peanut butter guy bumped into the chocolate guy. Someone modified,or accidentally discovered...
HA! You took the words right outta my mind...If I may add to that and be a bastard in the process: Instructors should be mindful of everything that goes on,...
I must agree with Daryl for the most part. I also believe the whole ranking system is a joke. Sure it gives aikidoka a sense of accomplishment and provides a...
Those quotes by Bruce Lee are very Taoist. The question is, how do you know when to abandon form? Probably when you no longer have to ask that question.... ...
One way to look at rank is a system of progressive responsibility. Each time you achieve a higher rank, more is expected of you in terms of technical...
Shumaker, Gordon
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Dec 5, 2005 10:11 pm
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I am not normally one to chime in on this type of thread, but here it is. I think it is far to common a thing for people to jump to the point where they try to...
The meaning of belts, and ultimately of rank, as we are taught in the dojo that I train in, is that actually both of what Sensei Shumaker says below. It is...
Oh, you just want all the fun. ... === message truncated === __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just...
I absolutely dislike to paste parts of previous posts,if you are switched and in on the chain you know what the post is about. On rank.... I said rank doesnt...
... I personally see alot of Hombu imitate O'sensei and not do what he was doing.That is my "own" personal opinion,and I recall reading somewhere that O'sensei...
Nice quote. Do you think O-Sensei meant that each of us should make up our own Aikido? If that's the case, there is no Yoshinkan Aikido but rather several...
Shumaker, Gordon
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Dec 6, 2005 5:05 pm
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Hello, Could somebody explain to me what the term "Shoshin" means? Possibly give examples or at least a personal interpretation would be cool. Regards, Daryl...
Hi, Anyone ever use the chat section and actually caught somebody there? I am interested in a live aikido chat possibly in the next few days...if anyone is...
Daryl - Shoshin is usually translated as beginner's mind. In ordinary Japanese a shoshinsha is a 'beginner' in some discipline. It refers to the zen concept...
Hey, I read all this terminology and I am still lost.I have been breaking down alot of the Japanese to English to grasp what I'm explaining Etc,Etc.I reffered...
... Hi Johnny, Perhaps it would help if you didn't try to equate the terminology as being "old" Japanese. In most endeavors there is a unique vocabulary that...
I'd like to thank, Phil Sofe ( spelling?) and other members of the Minoru aikido Dojo for inviting Stephen Ohlman sensei down from Barrie to teach two classes...
Nic and Anna-Marie Mi...
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Dec 19, 2005 5:10 am
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I had a couple of people ask me on the weekend, about the promised DVD's form Our Mustard Sensei / Jeannette Sensei seminar and from our Chida sensei seminar....
Nic and Anna-Marie Mi...
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Dec 19, 2005 5:19 am
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Here's wishing everyone a joyous, safe and peaceful holiday. Merry Christmas and Happy 2006 to one and all. Steven Miranda...
Hi Merry Christmas to all. I would be grateful if anyone in the Aikido Community could assist me with equiping students who through either low financial income...
Hi all, My wife did this with an internet moms group and it was really cool. It is a zoomable map and you can add youself to it. It would allow us to get a...
hey M hoy are ya just wanted to say hi and see how things are .hope everything is going good up there .oh ya happy new year.well keep in touch and stay cool ...
Rubber Monster Sensei? Is this an inside joke that no one gets? Just sounds incredibly disrespectful to me. Vicki FROM BRIAN DOWNEY: "What?! Rubber Monster...
... Just sounds incredibly disrespectful to me. ... It also sounds disrespectful to me towards a humble and brilliant teacher who will not comment on such...
