When it comes to education, young people, Aikido and adolescence, everyone seems to be an expert. It is easy to tell others -especially the young ones- what they should do […]
Aikido and adolescence
Categoria: Martial Arts
If and when
One of the many gifts of practicing and teaching Aikido is certainly the greater care we give to words and how we use them. “If” and “when,” for example. Two […]
Between quality and quantity
Which should we choose, quality or quantity? This is not only a poorly framed question but, in the end, a somewhat useless one. Between a single banknote fresh from the […]
The sublime
The sublime, like any other concept, is deeply evocative and rooted in personal experience. When we speak about sublime, we often think of artworks, landscapes, or natural spectacles. More rarely […]
The words of Aikido
The words of Aikido form a strange vocabulary.A hybrid made of Japanese terms, Eastern concepts, and our own mother tongue. Like all languages, it draws its origin, meaning, and sense […]
Pain
Pain is an experience shared by everyone -alongside many others that are far better and more positive, fortunately. It appears very early on: no newborn comes into the world laughing […]
How far along are we?
How far along are we?It is a spontaneous and legitimate question within any path. In the practice of Aikido -and in fact of any discipline- it is important to equip […]
Bad resolutions
When a year comes to an end, it’s time for reflection. And for resolutions for the year ahead. A healthy habit, a desire mixed with change, novelty, improvement. If only […]
Starting a fire
Have you ever tried starting a fire without using matches, lighters, or fire starters? You know… rubbing sticks together or trying to make two flints spark, then blowing gently and […]
Final frontier
Space, the final frontier.These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go […]