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Dear Dan, As you know, while training at my house you shared that you wanted to learn to play the shakuhachi, and so I gave you my shakuhachi. The last I heard, you had it on the headboard of your bed. What you don’t know is the history behind that flute. I began playing the shakuhachi in the eighties. I can’t remember how exactly, but I eventually found out about a fellow named Monty…
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Important Understandings - Clarified
Having received an insightful response to the blog Important Understandings, I am posting my response here in the hope that it might provide further clarification: Hi Fred, Thank you for your response. You bring up some important points that are often overlooked and/or misunderstood. Fred: Hi Allen, great blog, It is interesting that you use the atemi metsu boshi as example. This is the…
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IMPORTANT UNDERSTANDINGS –
AN INTRODUCTION I will be writing about the typical process of developmental progress as it relates to Internal Power and Aiki, particularly in regard to the “Kuas.” Before discussing Yin/Yang – In/Yo, Internal Power, and Aiki, I think it’s important to clarify what these terms refer to. While these terms have been in use in a variety of ways in multiple cultures throughout history, I will be…
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Kakete and Atemi, Further Clarification
My last explanation contrasted the term Kakete with Atemi in an attempt to clarify that Atemi can stand as a separate skill set. The study of Atemi as a separate skill is unfamiliar to many practitioners of Aiki arts. Taking the initiative to apply techniques proactively in Aiki arts is extremely rare. Therefore, I am adding further clarification of both the terms “atemi” and “kakete” in this…
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Atemi in Aikido, cont.
A while back, Fred wrote a nice response to one of my posts which began an exchange of questions and ideas. What follows is a continuation of that exchange: Fred: Hi Allen, Thanks for the long and comprehensive answer. yesterday a very interesting column came out abut the evolution of the daitoryu/aikido…
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"Would the real Aiki please stand up!"
The lack of manifestation of True Aiki is what makes the martial artist of the past and present, that claim(ed) to to use Aiki, so uniquely unremarkable among martial artists. Aiki isn’t: Magical Mystical Proprietary to any culture, art, or individual Visible (only the results of Aiki are visible) Time dependent (timing is not a factor in…
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First Things First or Ichi no Maki
Most practitioners of Daito Ryu and Aikido are aware that the word “Aiki” is composed of two characters: The first character conveys the meaning “to unify, come together or fit.” The second character is commonly defined as energy or spirit. It is well known that together they mean the unification of “Ki” energy. What isn’t so commonly known is what these “Ki’s” that come together are, how they…
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Important Understandings - Clarified
Having received an insightful response to the blog Important Understandings, I am posting my response here in the hope that it might provide further clarification: Hi Fred, Thank you for your response. You bring up some important points that are often overlooked and/or misunderstood. Fred: Hi Allen, great blog, It is interesting that you use the atemi metsu boshi as example. This is the…
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IMPORTANT UNDERSTANDINGS –
AN INTRODUCTION I will be writing about the typical process of developmental progress as it relates to Internal Power and Aiki, particularly in regard to the “Kuas.” Before discussing Yin/Yang – In/Yo, Internal Power, and Aiki, I think it’s important to clarify what these terms refer to. While these terms have been in use in a variety of ways in multiple cultures throughout history, I will be…
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TrueAiki.com gets NEW and IMPROVED Internal Navigation!
I am pleased to report that TrueAiki.com has improved its internal navigation. Thanks to the hard work of a TrueAiki.com reader/contributor Dick Willems and our Webmaster extraordinaire, TrueAiki.com now sports a new navigation link that lists all posts in a “clickable” chronological format. Not only that, but each post is also listed with its related “category,” which are now cleaned up and…
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Annual True Aiki European Winter Training 2023
Annual True Aiki European Winter Training for 2023 in Zwolle, The Netherlands. For the first time since the pandemic, the Seikokan Aikido Dojo led by Walter Oude Wesselink hosted the Annual True Aiki European Winter Training for 2023 in Zwolle, The Netherlands. We were pleased to once again enjoy a talented multinational turnout of martial artists. Participants included new practitioners,…
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Part 4: Aikiology - Ueshiba Morihei Tells All
Part 4: Aikiology – Ueshiba Morihei Tells All
Shi Kon (Four Souls) to which I make the following correlations: Aramitima – Fire Nigimitama – Water Sakimitama – Earth Kushimitama – Heaven Here we are going to make a bit of an educated leap. We know from our reading that when creating a vertical circle we create 2 In/Yo forces of Up/Down or Heaven/Earth. If we create a horizontal circle we can create an additional 2 In/Yo forces one…
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I'm FREE!
I’m FREE!
I just tested negative on an Antigen test for the second time in 24 hours. I’m FREE!!!! And my family remains COVID-free as well. Thank goodness some days are just like this!!
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Part 4: Aikiology - Ueshiba Morihei Tells All
Part 4: Aikiology – Ueshiba Morihei Tells All
Shi Kon (Four Souls) to which I make the following correlations: Aramitima – Fire Nigimitama – Water Sakimitama – Earth Kushimitama – Heaven Here we are going to make a bit of an educated leap. We know from our reading that when creating a vertical circle we create 2 In/Yo forces of Up/Down or Heaven/Earth. If we create a horizontal circle we can create an additional 2 In/Yo forces one…
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Sometimes Life is Just That Way!
Sometimes Life is Just That Way!
Hello TrueAiki readers! As you know, one of the first things that happened upon arriving in Europe was my flight to San Sebastian, Spain was cancelled. They offered us an alternative flight which would have taken 12 hours. Normally the flight is 2 hours. We could have driven to San Sebastian in 14 hours . . . either way, I wouldn’t make it in time. Sometimes life is just that way! Happily, the…
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Part 3: Aikiology - Morihei Ueshiba Tells All
Part 3: Aikiology – Morihei Ueshiba Tells All
This is part 3 of series post, if you haven’t read part 1 and 2, I strongly suggest that you do so before reading this part. Ueshiba Morihei wrote: 「合気道とは和合の道であり、即ち⼀霊四魂三元⼋⼒ の⽣ける姿、宇宙経綸の姿、即ち⾼天原の姿である」 “Aikido is the way of harmony, that is to say the living form of Ichirei Shikon Sangen Hachiriki, the form of the fabric of the universe, specifically the form of the High Plain of Heaven.” Chris…
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Part 3: Aikiology - Morihei Ueshiba Tells All
Part 3: Aikiology – Morihei Ueshiba Tells All
This is part 3 of series post, if you haven’t read part 1 and 2, I strongly suggest that you do so before reading this part. Ueshiba Morihei wrote: 「合気道とは和合の道であり、即ち⼀霊四魂三元⼋⼒ の⽣ける姿、宇宙経綸の姿、即ち⾼天原の姿である」 “Aikido is the way of harmony, that is to say the living form of Ichirei Shikon Sangen Hachiriki, the form of the fabric of the universe, specifically the form of the High Plain of Heaven.” Chris…
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