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| Martial arts in Japan | 5/22/2007 |
Q: I'm looking for places where I can learn and/or practice martial arts in Kansai (preferably Osaka). ...
A: There's plenty of aikido in Osaka; there's at least a partial list at Aikiweb that's easily ...
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| Finding a reputable training facility | 4/28/2007 |
Q: I am extremely interested in pursuing Aikido training and have been for several years. I live in the ...
A: Well, I'm not in that area, but there's a well-maintained dojo search engine at ...
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| aikido | 3/3/2007 |
Q: I like watching Aikido. It's very spectacular. I like the smootheness of its movements. However is ...
A: Luke : I like watching Aikido. It's very spectacular. I like the smootheness of its movements. ...
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| kiai | 3/1/2007 |
Q: Could you tell me what are the purposes of "kiai" I'm sure it's not only to scare your opponent! ...
A: Lucas - I wouldn't say scare, no ... still, proper kiai can crush the willpower of an opponent, ...
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| Hi
I read somewhere that... | 5/18/2006 |
Q: I read somewhere that Ueshiba was "an eccentric nonconformist" Are you able to give me any examples ...
A: Luke - Well, "an eccentric nonconformist", like other subjective descriptions, isn't the sort of ...
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| Hello Mr Seavitt, how are... | 12/20/2005 |
Q: how are you! I'd like to ask you about these words: "THERE IS NO TIME AND SPACE BEFORE UESHIBA OF ...
A: Luke - I have two answers for you, and I mean both of them entirely seriously. You can decide ...
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| Hello John!
Ueshiba said... | 12/5/2005 |
Q: Ueshiba said that "To know yourself is to know the universe" Do you think that he knew himself so ...
A: >Ueshiba said that "To know yourself is to know the universe". I don't want to be too glib. ...
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| Akijujitsu | 12/3/2005 |
Q: I want to find out more about Akijujitsu. What do you know about it? How can I find a school? ...
A: Richard - Aikijujutsu is a subset of classical weaponless Japanese martial arts. The term is often ...
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| Hello John!
Could you answer... | 11/29/2005 |
Q: Could you answer my 4 questions? 1. how do you think which martial art is more practical nowadays ...
A: >which martial art is more practical ... "iaido" or "kendo" It depends, of course, on what you mean ...
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| question | 3/6/2005 |
Q: I have found these words in The Poetic Songs of the Way (It is sincerity! First cultivate ...
A: Luke - I think this is the same way of saying something we have talked about before. There ...
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| aikido | 1/20/2005 |
Q: The philosophy of martial arts, Aikido for example, very often says about something like "void" or ...
A: Luke - I should probably start again by pointing out that these remarks don't have anything to do ...
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| aikido | 1/9/2005 |
Q: I have found such a passage in "The Secret Significance of Aikido, poetic Songs of the Way" "A ...
A: Luke - >A person who in any situation perceives the truth >with resignation ... One insight that ...
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| aikido | 1/3/2005 |
Q: Do you think that in Aikido there are so many different combinations of different techniques, that ...
A: Luke - >Do you think that ... there is always the right technique >for any possible situation and ...
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| aikido | 1/1/2005 |
Q: These are the words of Morihei Ueshiba Ultimately you must forget about technique. The ...
A: Luke - I feel like I should start with a bit of a disclaimer: >These are the words of Morihei ...
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| Aikido school | 8/30/2004 |
Q: I took hapkido for a couple of years about three years ago. I have recently started to miss ...
A: Mark - I glanced at the dojo search tool at <aikiweb.com> and came up with ...
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| beginning Aikido | 7/16/2004 |
Q: I would like though to pose the following which I believe to be correct. Zen is said to originate ...
A: Paul - I'm really the wrong person to talk too much about Chinese martial arts and their religous ...
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| beginning Aikido | 7/15/2004 |
Q: I had come across this article before about Zen in archery and it may have some truth to it. I ...
A: Paul - My pretty strong sense is simply that there isn't much recognized academic historical ...
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| beginning Aikido | 7/14/2004 |
Q: I would appreciate our guidance. My question is in two parts: 1.I am considering starting Aikido ...
A: Paul - Well, speaking as someone also approaching forty, I'd say that there's no time like the ...
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