Takemusu Aikido Association Dojo Directory
Morihiro Saito's Aiki
Ken and Jo on DVD
New Aiki Ken and Jo DVDs
from Hoa Newens Sensei, 6th Dan, Aikido Institute Davis
Training Rules Posted at
Iwama Dojo
Bill Witt Builds the
Bridge to Iwama
Structure of Technique Names
Common Phrases
Kyu and Black Belt Ranking System
Riai - Combining Weapons and Taijutsu
John Kang,
Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine in Richmond
J.S. Reynolds C.C. Aikido
Syllabus
Care and maintenance of wooden weapons
Directions from Narita
Airport to Iwama
Aikido Eastside's
Practical Self-Defense Reading List
Sei Do Kai Custom Made Jo's
and Bokkens
Zanshin Art Weapons bags
and Aikido Art
The Kyota Co.
2326 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
800-783-2232
410-366-3540 (fax)
Aikido of Arlington, Yvonne
Thelwell
Aikido in Fredericksburg,
Aviv Goldsmith
Aikido of Northern
Virginia, Jim Sorrentino
Takemusu Aiki Dojo, East
Coast Division, Gloucester City, NJ
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Tim Sheldon, 6th Dan, Dojo
Cho ...
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Bill Witt, Mark Larson to Hold Joint
Seminar in Richmond, Oct. 20-21, 2007
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Join us at Bryan Park Aikido on Facebook
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See Bill Witt Seminar on Facebook
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Chow: A Day in the Life of Wolfdale's,
featuring Douglas Dale, 4th Dan
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Saito Shihan's First and Last Uchideshi
Visit Richmond in October, 2006
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Mary Heiny at Aikido in the Fan March 2-4,
2007
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Hans Goto in Sarasota March 10-11, 2007
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Bill Witt Visits Randolph-Macon College
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Bill Witt Seminar Photos from 2005
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Photos, Memories of Morihiro Saito
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Saito Sensei: Tributes and Memories
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Columns Featured on AikiWeb
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Hitohiro Saito Visits Reno
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Morihiro Saito Shihan Passes May 13, 2002,
in Iwama
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Saito Sensei and Bill Witt: The Early
Years
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Photo: Hitohiro Sensei Playing Drum at
Seminar Party
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Photos from Hitohiro Saito Seminar
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Outdoor Training Photo in Richmond
Times-Dispatch
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Message from Hitohiro Saito Shihan
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Patricia Yarrow's Report from Iwama
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Bill Witt Remembers Saito Sensei
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Hoa Newens: Saito Sensei's Legacy
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Stan Pranin: Morihei Ueshiba and
Morihiro Saito
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Bill Witt: Three Ways To Evaluate A Dojo
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Witt Moved by Support for Seventh Dan
Promotion
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See Wall St. Journal Story on Aikidoist
Richard Heckler
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See Reno Gazette-Journal Story on Reg Reid
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Aikido FAQ website, with visuals
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Bujin Newsletter ...
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News Updates from Aiki Web ...
(Drawing top left, Bryan Park view by Susan Moore.)
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Training at J.S. Reynolds C.C.
The principle training site for Bryan Park Aikido is the gym, Room B105,
at J.S. Reynolds Community College, 1701 E. Parham Rd., between Woodman
and Brook roads. Chief Instructor Tim Sheldon teaches Aikido I and II
on Tuesday and Thursday evenings during the school year as part of
Physical Education curriculum. See
calendar for complete training
schedule.
Click here for syllabus.
Year-Round, All-Weather
Outdoor Training
Bryan
Park Aikido's outdoor, all-weather Jo (wooden staff) and bokken (wooden
sword) practices continue year-round. The outdoor training
includesTaijutsu practice, where the blending movement is practiced
without the fall.
There are also separate running suburi practices. We run a one-mile
route through the park, stopping at intervals to practice suburi, kumijo
and kumitachi. We also do rolling, downhill and uphill, at one point
during the run.
The training site is
Bryan Park, near the intersection of Bryan
Park and Westlake avenues.
Riai
- In Aikido, the weapons training is the same as the hand-to-hand
training. The basic movement of kotegaeshi or shihonage, for instance,
can be done with or without the bokken. This interrelationship of the
weapons and hand-to-hand training is called
Riai. O'Sensei conducted most
of his Riai training in Iwama. You can develop excellent strength
and definition in your Aikido techniques by practicing Riai,
combining weapons and hand-to-hand training.
The Value of Morning Practice
"You practice early every morning. Why ?
"Master Ueshiba practiced early in the morning, Master Tsuda as well ; I
continue to practice early in the morning. That's the first reason. The
second reason is that only those who are very determined, very well
motivated, come in the morning, because to be here at this time, you
must get up at around 5:30 AM. In the morning we are fresher than at the
end of the day and it's easier to practice “non-doing”, at
least for beginners. We are also more “involuntary” - still
a bit half asleep, we are not yet entirely into our “social
being” that we use during the day, to encounter others and go
about our work : smile when we should, or not; say “thank
you”, etc. In the morning we arrive at the dojo still clean, not
very structured yet, and there is something more authentic there."
From an interview with Regis Soavi,
by Monica Rossi, “Arti d'Oriente”, February 1999
Discussing the teaching of Itsuo Tsuda (1914-1984)
Aikido Journal
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Katadori Sankyo Omotewaza:
John Rhode, left, and Sarah Montgonery, Bryan Park, 12-30-06.
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Katadori Nikkyo Urawaza:
Peggy Truett, left, and Sarah Montgonery, Bryan Park, 12-30-06.
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