Posted by: soonmethod on: August 18, 2008
On the Eve of my 32nd Birthday, I am attempting to clarify my definition of Aikido as a martial art and as a training method to perfect our minds, bodies and spirit. I may amend parts of this article as time goes and I think of more thoughts to add:
The full article is also posted [...]
Posted by: soonmethod on: June 28, 2008
Aikido celebrates the Divine Breath :: Through Training We Reconcile Our Hearts and Centers with the Universe and Learn to Love Our Fellow Men!
Aikido is not a fighting style. Aikido is not designed to hurt a human being, but designed to show restraint when faced with aggression.
I have been demonstrating Judo and Aikido in my [...]
Posted by: soonmethod on: May 29, 2008
I have been in a frenzied state of reading books by one spiritual teacher after another in the past 6 months… Eckhart Tolle, Chogyam Trungpa, Jiddu Krishnamurti… and so on… sorry for dropping so many names.
Late last week I hit the wall.
I was sitting in my living room at 7:00AM unable to sleep and wondering [...]
Posted by: soonmethod on: May 21, 2008
What is Mind/Body Awareness?
I hear a lot of mention of “mind/body” everywhere today, in yoga articles, in fitness magazines, in news reports, I use the term myself in describing the martial art style I teach.
So what is “mind/body” actually?
In the martial art training I offer, I speak of developing mind/body awareness. We do not perform [...]
