14/02/2025
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Basics, the Alpha and Omega of Aiki
The recent 2024 TrueAiki Amsterdam seminar discussed training sequences, including a brief discussion of “Kiso Kunren” (basic training). It was suggested to me that this might…
23/04/2024
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Shinku no Ki – The Ki of True Emptiness
On November 24, 2023, Chris Li shared another great Sangenkai post on Facebook. It began with the following quote: “Above all, you must find the exact place where the void (shinku no ki) and …
19/11/2023
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Dear Dan,
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 …
19/10/2023
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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 practit…
14/10/2023
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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 …
02/08/2023
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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 respo…
31/07/2023
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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…
12/04/2023
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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.…
30/01/2023
Annual True Aiki European Winter Training 2023
Annual True Aiki European Winter Training 2023
Annual True Aiki European Winter Training for 2023 in Zwolle, The Netherlands