Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Classical Aikido Facebook page
We've started a Facebook page for Classical Aikido, Check it out. Let's put up some info & media of Shirata Sensei, Stevens Sensei, and of course Morihei O'sensei
Aiki Notes: John Stevens Sensei in Pennsylvania-October 1-3, ...
Aiki Notes: John Stevens Sensei in Pennsylvania-October 1-3, ...: "Big Brush Zen Calligraphy' Workshop and Zen Scroll Exhibit/Sale by John Stevens. Oct. 1-3 in Philadelphia, PA. See the article titled '..."
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
A Martial Artist Making a Difference
A Martial Artist Making a Difference - The Biography of Founder Morihei Ueshiba - Part VIII
Paul Rest, San Francisco Examiner
The periods during the war and after found O Sensei living Iwama. Kisshomaru Doshu writes that O Sensei believed that “fighting and farming are one” (Heino-ichinyo). It was during this same period of time that he made the rural location the “new home of Aikido.” No doubt this was partially because there was a possibility that the dojo in Tokyo could be destroyed during a bombing raid.
On a historical note, the war years saw Aikido co-opted into a national bureaucratic structure that governed all martial arts in Japan. O Sensei, it would appear, quietly stepped back from this. As the Doshu writes, “He did not openly oppose the actions of the government, but his integrity would not allow the art he had built in his own lifetimes, through blood, sweat, and tears, to be subsumed for convenience into a mere section of a large, bureaucratic organization.”
Like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor and theologian who began an underground church to avoid becoming part of the national Protestant church created by the Nazi government, so too O Sensei continued on his path outside the state's sanction. A small Shinto altar was built in an old barn on the property in Iwama. O Sensei told one and all that this was the “birthplace of Aikido.” Read More
On a historical note, the war years saw Aikido co-opted into a national bureaucratic structure that governed all martial arts in Japan. O Sensei, it would appear, quietly stepped back from this. As the Doshu writes, “He did not openly oppose the actions of the government, but his integrity would not allow the art he had built in his own lifetimes, through blood, sweat, and tears, to be subsumed for convenience into a mere section of a large, bureaucratic organization.”
Like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor and theologian who began an underground church to avoid becoming part of the national Protestant church created by the Nazi government, so too O Sensei continued on his path outside the state's sanction. A small Shinto altar was built in an old barn on the property in Iwama. O Sensei told one and all that this was the “birthplace of Aikido.” Read More
Aikido Celebration 2011 - Feb 18-21, 2011 in Hawaii
Aikido Celebration 2011 - Feb 18-21, 2011 in Hawaii
"Aikido Celebration 2011" is an organization composed of more than 20 Aikido dojo throughout the state of Hawaii dedicated to the public celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first and only visit made to Hawaii by Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido.
A commemorative seminar and banquet with Sandai Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba is being planned for February 2011.
I've started an announcements only mailing list for those who are interested in attending the event (or are just curious). It is intended to be a low traffic list to update interested parties as plans for the event develop.
Those interested can subscribe at http://www.aikidohawaii2011.org
Best,
Chris LI
A commemorative seminar and banquet with Sandai Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba is being planned for February 2011.
I've started an announcements only mailing list for those who are interested in attending the event (or are just curious). It is intended to be a low traffic list to update interested parties as plans for the event develop.
Those interested can subscribe at http://www.aikidohawaii2011.org
Best,
Chris LI
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
John Stevens Sensei in Pennsylvania-October 1-3, 2010
Big Brush Zen Calligraphy" Workshop and Zen Scroll Exhibit/Sale by John Stevens. Oct. 1-3 in Philadelphia, PA.
See the article titled "Pure Movement, Aikido, and "Big Brush Calligraphy" in the General Forum Section of aikidojournal.com
Schedule-
Friday Oct 1
10am-1pm. "the Spiritual Techniques of Aikido"
United Martial Arts & Fitness Center
109 Allison Rd.
Oreland, PA 19075
$30.- per person
5-7pm. Opening Reception
Nakashima Woodworkers
1847 Aquetong Rd.
New Hope, PA. 18938
Lecture: "Friendship: Acquire, Comprehend Zen Art Scrolls
Introduction by Mira Nakashima
Sat. Oct. 2
10am. Special Nakahsima Tour
$20.- per person
Informal open calligraphy session
n/c
1-4pm. Exhibit/Sale
1pm. lecture
Open to public, n/c
Sun. Oct. 3
10am. Big Brush Calligraphy Workshop
$45.- per person
1-4pm. Exhibit/Sale
1pm. lecture
Open to public n/c
Note: Friday evening, Sat. and Sun. events are all at Nakashima Woodworkers in New Hope.
Registration/Info:
Joe- cell 215 901 9115
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