The AikiPenguin

"Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything." -- Morihei Ueshiba

Sunday, October 03, 2010

In memoriam

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Today was the Seiichi Sugano Sensei Memorial Seminar at the New York Aikikai with Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei , Donovan Waite Sensei, and J...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Bringing on the heat

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As the summer heat drags on, time seems to stand still at the dojo, at least for this penguin. In some strange way, the ability to deal wi...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

The art of falling

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 OK, so I've never had the most graceful ukemi . Over the years, it's become functional, but not the smooth, noiseless variety a fe...
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Sunday, November 01, 2009

Same blog, new site

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I'm starting an experiment with Wordpress. I've imported this blog to a new site at: http://aikipenguin.wordpress.com/ to see how it...
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Just training

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I've been thinking a lot about what we do in aikido and why we do it. When I first became interested in aikido, I went around to various...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Hard, soft aikido

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Ruth Peyser has always been one of my favorite instructors at the NY Aikikai . Her classes are dynamic, fun and instructive. A pretty good c...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Simplicity of the "basics"

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Well, the aches and pains are easing, if not completely gone. I still am having some trouble with my elbows, but my shoulder/back pain has a...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Aikido body armor?

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I've wondered before when did I get old, but it seems like the process is accelerating. I remember when I started aikido, I noticed the ...
Monday, March 09, 2009

Kaiten nage

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I haven't hasn't been blogging for a while -- and that's to my detriment. Blogging helps helps to solidify the concepts learned ...
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Friday, January 02, 2009

A goalless goal

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All my life, I've always been driven to be the best at whatever I took seriously. Sometimes I even made it, or pretty close, but at leas...
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AikiPenguin spends all of his spare time at the practicing, traveling to, or thinking about aikido...
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