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Aikido Now Aikido study based on the teachings of Henry Kono and Alan Ruddock, both direct students of O Sensei

When I last spoke to sensei Henry Kono he told me that to fully understand aikido we need to study it both on and off the mat. Setting up this page with a web-site to follow (shortly) is a effort to look for others who are similarly interested to further our understanding of aikido as an art of peace and harmony and to make it available to other people. The name Aikido Now is also a tribute to Alan Ruddock sensei. To get across to us the correct timing of applying aikido he use the phrase "..and one" meaning that it is not applied following a count of 1.2.3, but more appropriately it is applied in an instant. Partly too going with the name Aikido Now also is a challenge for myself in that using aikido is not something which I will put off to use in the future but more something which I put in action now.

03/04/2022

It's already been ten years since my friend and teacher Alan Ruddock passed away. He pioneered the practice of both Karate and Aikido in Ireland and he was among the handful of westerners who studied under Ueshiba Morihei in the 60's, along with people such as Terry Dobson, Virginia Mayhew, or Henry Kono. Needless to say that he was one of the people who inspired me to relocate to Japan to study Aikido.
You can read an interview I did with him here: https://guillaumeerard.com/aikido/interviews/interview-with-alan-ruddock-the-first-irish-aikido-practitioner/
I also wrote a biography of Alan for BUDO JAPAN https://budojapan.com/aikido/20220117ar/

06/02/2022

"I want to convey what O-Sensei himself taught to Aikido students. The most important thing, as O-Sensei used to say, is don’t get injured, don’t do wrong things, and don’t force techniques. Rather than show how strong you are, cultivate each other, and work together to show Aikido’s good techniques. This is how we become good Aikidoists. This is what O-Sensei said."

Shihan Morito Suganuma, 8th dan

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