Ka Riu Aikido

Hey everyone,

please congratulate our Students of the Month for this month of May! Well done to them!

Hello everyone,

please congratulate our Students of the Month for the month of May! Well done to our Aiki-kids crew!

Remember that Aikido is expansive.
We lengthen as we extend.

We extend out we past the point of contact. This involves not just open and energized fingers and palm, but the whole coordinated body.
The fingers, palm and hand integrate into the forearm and elbow, shoulder and back, center and legs.
Allow the body to become ‘filled’ and balanced, create the dynamic.
Minimize reflexive muscle activation, move past using muscle, use less and less segmented strength.

Lengthening/expanding adds a dynamic quality that assigns weight to the undersides bringing about a ‘relaxed’ (not rigid) strength.
Notice the sensation, practice to experience.

G. Breeland, 6th dan

A few points regarding ‘learning’ …

Be discipline and committed, show up even when we may not want to.
Remember what appears effortless is not always that easy, it usually entails a lot of work.

Note that discomfort is an intregal part of learning.
Growth often entails working outside of our comfort zone.
Remember that correction can provide essential information.
And that criticism will test our fortitude to continue.

Contribute consistently to our own personal study.
Remember that choosing to be precise and consciously aware changes things.
Know that there is magic in the details.

Keep standards high.
Remain fluid and adaptable.
Become aware that evolution is also part of the process.
The ability to change helps us remain flexible, open and versatile, become contextually rich.

Lastly, nurture a ‘silent’ intellectual and physical engagement to reveal a Power in Stillness for self-reflection, awareness, and focus.

G. Breeland, 6th dan

Hey everyone,

please congratulate our Students of the Month for the month of March!

Awesome! :)