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Ukemi in Aikido
by Hoa Newens Throwing a ball back and forth to each other is an enjoyable pastime for two people. Similarly, engaging in a conversation brings pleasure to two…
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Constructive Resistance: What is it good for?
By Dr. Paul Williams, PT, DPT I recently taught a 20-minute class on kaeshi-waza (reverse technique) at Takemusu Aikido Association’s Shidoin training course. It’s a difficult topic to…
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enlightenment through the body
by Hoa Newens With modern publishing tools, we are seeing a bevy of publications related to higher state of consciousness, including sharing of personal experience, research analyses and…
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the pool story
by Paul Williams I’d like to preface this in acknowledging that the following story is not an anecdote of how aikido saved my life. I was not strolling in a…
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mind and mutiny
by Hoa Newens[This essay was originally published on Awase Newsletter – July 2018 and is posted here to complement the preceding blogpost titled “Zanshin“] In martial arts as well as…
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zanshin
by Hoa Newens Zanshin is the soul of martial arts In the Budo environment, zanshin has traditionally been linked with the moment immediately following the execution of a…
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