20 Ways to Enjoy Your Aikido
Came across an excellent post today
20 things that any aikidoka can do to enjoy their aikido more
Great advice, including:
- Read some books…all sorts of books
- Practice weapons of some sort
- Learn to fold a hakama
- Contribute to the art
I really need to start making my own lists…
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I’m loving this blog – learning something every day, or wanting to! What’s ukemi?
The following quote from the blog you linked to reminded me – again – of the parallels between martial arts and blogging!
“Become an expert. Aikido is the sum of interconnected parts. For example, one could practice everything in Aikido by only focusing on ukemi, or weapons. Pick a part that you think you have a knack for, and go at it. Pretty soon, you will have a basis for a growing level of expertise, because you have specialized.”
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Ukemi is literally “taking body”. In Aikido it’s the art of receiving a technique or as some put it “how to blend with the mat”
Thanks! Looking forward to some videos some day!
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Very good post. Re: practicing on your own, there is a great article posted on the United States Aikido Federation web site (usaf.org) about visualization. I like the idea of visualizing my way through the techniques I’ve most recently practiced at the dojo this way. Visualizing helps me remember what it was like having someone do ukemi for me, and how it felt for me when I performed the techniques well. Good luck to you and to all who love and live Aikido.
Thanks Paul.
Visualisation is something Bruce Lee used to do as well. I can’t find the exact quote but I know it’s in his book The Tao of Jeet Kune Do; something along the lines of always practice, even if it’s not physically imagine yourself being attacked and how you would defend yourself.