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Il fallait des volontaires pour la démo d'aïkido du forum des associations du 10e ce dimanche : devinez qui s'est dévoué 😅
Et ça veut dire aussi aller aux cours du matin cette semaine pour préparer ladite démo 😴

#aïkido

Today, after an hour of jo practice, we did another hour of bare hands practice on morote dori kokyu ho (three different forms, plus one irimi nage).

I really liked the progression.
- First form was the classic morote dori kokyu ho where you send your arms horizontally.
- Second form, uke was instructed to block the horizontal direction, so we did the technique by first raising our arms vertically and then turning.
- Third form, uke was instructed to block both horizontally and vertically, and actually to push a bit, so we used this push to throw forward.
- Fourth technique, same context and again throwing forward but through an irimi nage.

I really like it when techniques are not applied in a vacuum, or with a "lazy" uke who knows and anticipates what is coming, but as a response to uke's reaction. On Monday we also did a bit of that with ikkyo omote and ura: uke leans forward => ura, uke leans backwards => omote.

#aikido

First aikido class of the season! I practiced 15 minutes with my shihan, who was telling me last week that I was lacking strength and cardio. Today he proved it to me 😅

#aikido

Final day of the back-to-school aikido week: we started with practising the three jo katate suburi, then applied katate hachi no ji gaeshi on the 4th bis kumijo.

Then we went back to ukemi, the theme of the week. We started with some forward ukemi alone, first normal, then jumping far, then jumping high. We did some more educational exercises, making someone roll while blocking their front arm, which forces a jump into the ukemi.

We finally practiced with several different koshi nage techniques: shomen uchi (with two atemi), katate dori, and one I had never seen before, that starts like shiho nage and keeps the shiho nage into the koshi nage. As uke, this one is much more impressive because one cannot grab the partner's arm in the fall: it requires to fully trust that tori is going to hold us during the ukemi. We didn't do the projection with this one, stopped after charging uke.

We finished with a nice discussion of how and when and why to ukemi, their risk/benefit balance that evolves with time, the joints and articular pain, the hostile and dangerous practitioners and typical aikido injuries.

All in all, this was a very good week to restart the year, and I will try to keep working on my ukemi throughout the year, especially since I will have to present two different forms of koshi nage (among others techniques) for my next kyu!

#aikido

🧿 𝑬𝒍 𝒐𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒍 🧿

En 1979, Steven Seagal todavía no había rodado una sola película.

Tenía 27 años, vivía en Osaka y, aunque hoy cueste imaginarlo, por aquel entonces no era una estrella de Hollywood ni el tipo duro de las películas de acción.
Era un instructor de aikido casado con una mujer que, además, tenía un grado superior al suyo.

Ella era Miyako Fujitani.

Miyako había empezado a practicar aikido en la adolescencia y en 1967, con solo 19 años, realizó su examen de primer dan en Osaka ante Morihei Ueshiba, el fundador del aikido.
Cuando conoció a Seagal en California, ella ya era segundo dan.
Él acababa de conseguir el primero.

Seagal la siguió hasta Japón.
Se casaron y se instalaron en Osaka.
Allí nació su hijo Kentaro en 1975 y, cuatro años después, su hija Ayako.

Y aquí empieza una parte de la historia que Hollywood contó después de una manera bastante diferente.

Miyako ya tenía experiencia y dirigía su propia escuela.
Cuando creó el Tenshin Dojo en Osaka, decidió colocar a su marido como instructor principal, a pesar de que ella tenía una graduación superior.

Seagal comenzó a hacerse un nombre entre los alumnos.
Enseñaba, entrenaba y desarrollaba la forma de aikido que posteriormente convertiría en una de sus principales señas de identidad.

Pero Miyako no era precisamente la esposa que esperaba sentada a que su marido se hiciera famoso.

Ella tenía su propia carrera.

Mientras tanto, Seagal empezó a mirar hacia Estados Unidos.
A comienzos de los años ochenta pasó cada vez más tiempo allí y terminó abriendo una escuela de aikido en California.
El cine apareció después.

Y entonces empezó a crecer también el personaje.

Seagal hablaba de sus años en Japón y de supuestos contactos con agentes de inteligencia y trabajos relacionados con operaciones clandestinas.
Algunas de aquellas historias resultaban difíciles de comprobar y ya en la época de su llegada a Hollywood se señalaba la mezcla entre experiencias reales y relatos mucho más extraordinarios.

Dicho de otra manera: el personaje de Steven Seagal empezó a crecer incluso antes de que existiera la estrella de cine.

En 1988 llegó "Above the Law" y, de repente, aquel instructor de aikido que había pasado años en Japón se convirtió en protagonista de una película de acción.

Hollywood había encontrado su producto perfecto: un hombre que realmente sabía artes marciales, hablaba japonés y además tenía una biografía que parecía escrita para una película de espías.

Pero detrás del personaje había una historia familiar bastante menos cinematográfica.

Miyako se quedó en Japón con sus hijos.
Y cuando Seagal se marchó, el dojo sufrió.
Algunos alumnos dejaron de acudir y hubo clases a las que, según recordaría Miyako, solo asistía una persona.

Ella siguió adelante.

Siguió enseñando, crió a sus hijos y continuó desarrollando su propia carrera hasta alcanzar el séptimo dan de Aikikai.

Y mientras la carrera de su exmarido crecía, la vida de Seagal empezaba a llenarse también de polémicas.

Su matrimonio con Miyako terminó en divorcio en 1987.
Ese mismo año se casó con la actriz Adrienne La Russa, aunque aquel matrimonio fue posteriormente anulado.
Poco después se casó con Kelly LeBrock, con quien tuvo tres hijos, y aquella relación también terminó en divorcio.

Después llegaron más relaciones, más hijos y más titulares.

Y tampoco faltaron problemas en los rodajes.
Varios especialistas y compañeros de trabajo han contado que Seagal tenía fama de golpear con demasiada fuerza durante las escenas de acción.
El especialista Gene LeBell llegó a protagonizar una de las historias más famosas alrededor del actor: según el relato difundido durante años, ambos tuvieron un enfrentamiento en el que LeBell consiguió someterlo.
Seagal ha negado distintas versiones de aquel episodio.

Luego aparecieron acusaciones de acoso y agresión sexual formuladas por varias mujeres.
Seagal negó las acusaciones.

Y cuando parecía que su etapa más extravagante había quedado atrás, llegó Rusia.

Seagal obtuvo la ciudadanía rusa en 2016 y, en 2018, el Gobierno ruso lo nombró representante especial para las relaciones humanitarias entre Rusia y Estados Unidos.
Era un cargo no remunerado, pero bastante llamativo para un actor de Hollywood que llevaba años mostrando públicamente su admiración por Vladímir Putin.

En 2020 tuvo además otro problema muy distinto: la SEC estadounidense anunció que había aceptado pagar 314.000 dólares para resolver los cargos relacionados con la promoción de una oferta de criptomonedas sin revelar que estaba siendo compensado por ello.

Pero volvamos a 1979.

Porque aquella fotografía familiar pertenece precisamente a ese momento.

Antes de las películas.
Antes del ponytail.
Antes de las historias de agentes secretos, de Putin, de las polémicas y del personaje de hombre indestructible que Hollywood fabricaría alrededor de él.

Allí estaba simplemente Steven Seagal, un joven instructor de aikido, junto a Miyako Fujitani, una mujer que sabía tanto o más que él sobre el mundo que acabaría convirtiéndolo en famoso.

Y quizá esa sea la parte más curiosa de toda la historia.

Mientras Hollywood convirtió a Seagal en leyenda, Miyako siguió haciendo exactamente lo mismo que hacía antes de que nadie supiera quién era él: entrar en el tatami, enseñar aikido y continuar con su vida.

Ella no necesitó Hollywood para convertirse en maestra.

Él sí necesitó Hollywood para convertirse en Steven Seagal.

Ah!! Y en 2011 Seagal llevó su imagen de hombre de acción un paso más allá.
Prestó juramento como ayudante del sheriff del condado de Hudspeth, en Texas, y pasó a patrullar un tramo de unas 98 millas de frontera con México.
Su cometido incluía vigilar los cruces ilegales y combatir el narcotráfico.
No era simplemente una aparición publicitaria: ocupó oficialmente el puesto y participó en tareas de vigilancia.
También impartió entrenamiento de defensa personal a otros agentes aprovechando su experiencia en aikido y artes marciales.
El hombre que durante años había interpretado a policías, agentes y tipos duros en el cine ahora llevaba uniforme y patrullaba de verdad la frontera.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPUdDhaBLDQ

#stevenseagal #miyakofujitani #aikido #artesmarciales #hollywood #cine #actores #historiasreales #biografias #curiosidades #japon #osaka #tenjinshojo #moriheiueshiba #accion #cineaccion #leyendas #vidasreales #historiasdelcine #hollywoodstories

Today, we started with full back rolls (in contrast with the half back rolls that we usually do), that are very rarely used in Iwama aikido, contrarily to other styles. So, we are not very good at them and training them was a good exercise.

We started from a sitting position, and the exercise was to try doing them like a forward roll in reverse, and as controlled and slow as possible. Then we started doing them from a standing position, and to finish them in a standing position too, but getting up without putting a knee on the floor. Finally, the advanced students tried a "roundoff (?)" (rondade en français) version that consists of pushing on the hands against the floor to jump and land on both feet in the end.

Then, we went back to tobi ukemi training, first repeating the kote gaeshi and shiho nage preparation exercises from the previous days, adding to them a koshi nage on shomen uchi. We then did a fun hanmi handachi kata guruma with an impressive ukemi: I really liked this one!

And finally, some real tobi ukemi on shiho nage! I found out that unlike other ukemi, this is not an ukemi that "does itself": uke needs to "jump into it". I am still calibrating how much or how little push I need to give as uke, to properly enter the ukemi.

#aikido

If anyone in the #Turku area is interested in getting started with #Aikido, this fall's beginner course at my dojo #TurkuAikikai (https://turkuaikikai.fi) starts on September 7th.

We recently moved to a new, much nicer (if smaller) location, and it would be great to see new practitioners! Most sessions are run in Finnish, but non-Finnish-speaking students have always been accomodated well.

Third day of our back-to-school aikido week: today we were eight. We started with the three "nagare" jo suburi and a few variations that I had never seen before (among which, chaining hidari nagare gaeshi uchi and migi nagare gaeshi tsuki was a fun one). Then we worked on the 6th (I think?) kumijo, one where it's important to put your elbows in front of your face to not be hit in the nose by the partner's jo.

After some more forward roll practice, we did some side rolls, which I knew from judo but are less frequent in aikido (maybe a bit on kaiten nage?). Practicing side rolls together with a partner, face to face, while trying to always keep looking at each other at all time was fun!

Then, still on the theme of ukemi, we practiced some jo dori. I like these ukemi: I find it satisfying to roll pushed by the jo through uke's back hand letting it go as late as possible.

And finally, more tobi ukemi preparations, this time on ryote dori.

The cramps are painful today, I feel stiff and broken 😵

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We did an unusual ken tai jo sequence tonight. Moves that are rarely done and feel a bit weird. It was interesting to get out of our comfort zone.

#aikido

Tervetuloa mukaan #aikido #peruskurssi

Today we were only six. We started with some ken suburi (with lots of corrections for me), then the first kumitachi. We then trained the precision of forward ukemi on several tachi dori.

Finally we worked on introduction exercises to setup for tobi ukemi on kote gaeshi and shiho nage, that we keep working on through the week.

My teacher took me apart to tell me that what I might start to need at this point, is some strength and cardio training outside of the aikido classes, to not slow down my progression.
I would probably need to find something that I enjoy doing, but I am not sure what. I swim like a brick, I never really liked running or cycling and gyms never appealed to me. Maybe another martial art? Judo? BJJ? Something else?

What do other aikidoka do to maintain a good physical form?

#aikido

I have a room 4m x 5m and ten #tatami mats that come 2m x 1m. I want to do #aikido as well as #shibari in that room and therefore would like to adhere to Japanese tradition in arranging the mats.

Now there are two methods of tatami arrangement, shugijiki 祝儀敷き ("auspicious layout" - festive arrangement; T-junctions, no 4-corner intersections) and fushugijiki 不祝儀敷き ("inauspicious layout" - mourning arrangement; grid pattern, 4-corner intersections).

So I asked an #LLM how to apply auspicious layout to my room and my tatami and this is the sketch I got.

You might not notice output 'quality' of LLMs in fields you're not an expert in, but this is pretty obvious.

Today was the first day of the back-to-school aikido seminar given by our head instructor, with a focus all week long on ukemi. It is still a bit hot in the dojo after a burning summer, so we are taking it easy. We were 9 students: 4 black belts/5 white belts, 6 adults/3 teenagers, 6 women/3 men.

We started with some careful stretching, and then did several exercises to learn rolling and falling, with an emphasis on precision and fluidity rather than on speed.

For the backward roll (useful for example in kokyu ho), we practiced putting one leg on the floor, rolling on the back, and rolling away on the belly to stand up again looking at the partner.

For the forward roll, we practiced doing it as slow and controlled as possible (with the help of a partner holding one of our hands back), then we worked on precision by doing several ukemi between two lines of belts on the ground, that we were progressively pulling tighter together. We ended up with a width about 80% of a tatami width, which was challenging for almost everybody.

#aikido

J'ai une belle éraflure sur tout l'avant-bras, j'ai dû me faire râper avec une arme en bois mais je ne l'ai pas senti sur le moment, je l'ai remarqué en me changeant. Bon c'est juste un petit bobo, il y a pire

#aïkido

Cette semaine je suis en vacances, et il y a stage d'aïkido de fin d'été tous les matins au dojo : quelle coïncidence ! :D
Je verrai si je rajoute les cours réguliers du soir

#aikido

@kipriyanovich #Aikido peeps, pay heed to this. ;)

We did some sumo today! My teacher read that O Sensei's students were regularly training sumo at the dojo, so he is trying to make this a custom here too.
We only did that for a couple of minutes.
We were avoiding the initial dangerous shock, so we were starting with each other's belt grabbed with both hands, and at the signal trying to push them outside of a tatami square.
I really enjoyed it!!

#aikido #sumo

Next weekend we will have an #aikido seminar led by our very own Tom Granström (6th dan), starting at 1pm on Saturday in #Rajamäki. There will be weapons practise at 4pm and we will head out for dinner in the evening. Practise continues Sunday at 11.

This will be at the Taekwondo club, Kievarintie 14. Everyone is welcome!

https://www.aikidoliitto.fi/tapahtumat/?tapahtuma=1410

@Ann_Effes @strahlenschutz
Das habe ich bei der 26-Jahrfeier unserer #Aikido -abteilung (wegen #Corona) erfolgereich im Keim erstickt.
Unser #Sensei wollte, dass "unsere #Frauen" Schnittchen machen.
Ich habe erklärt, dass dann die Frauen, die ins Training kommen, den ganzen Abend rennen und sich die Leute, die nur im Sozial- #Dojo sind sich, einen schönen Abend machen und ich das nicht so toll finde. Was große Resonanz bei allen Anwesenden fand.
Der Wirt vom Sozialdojo hat dann lecker gekocht.

Why Is This Popular Actor Showcasing Beautiful Aikido? https://www.yayafa.com/2781979/ ##美容 #aiki #aikido #aikidoaikikai #aikikai #budo #JKD #judo #jujitsu #K1 #karate #martialarts #mma #seagal #Selfdefense #shiodagozo #steavenseagl #Systema #tekonndo #TRAINING #ueshiba #wingchun #Yoga #グラップラー刃牙 #システマ #スポーツ #セガール #セガール合気道 #テコンドー #トレーニング #バキ #ピラティス #プロレス #ヨガ #中国拳法 #伝統 #健康 #刃牙 #剣道 #合気道 #合気道VS #合気道実戦 #合気道技 #合気道達人 #塩田 #塩田剛三 #実戦 #少林寺拳法 #日本 #柔術 #柔道 #格闘技 #植芝 #植芝盛平 #極真 #武道 #渋川 #渋川剛気 #濱田岳 #神技 #神業 #空手 #美しい #護身術

Whilst the road from #Hormus is still closed, the #blockade at Regupol has been broken!
Today we received a delivery of brand-new red (RAL 3027 Raspberry Red) tatami mats with cotton canvas covers.
Foeldeak in Geretsried is the insider tip for those who have lost hope but still have a need, here is my hint.

https://www.foeldeak.com/

https://www.regupol.de/

#Aikido #regupol #foeldeak

#introduction 2
passionnelement je suis #aikido #judo,, MJ de #JDR,#Skate, #Sk8, #Sk8tnotdead
Aventurier, voyageur à velo et à pied, alpiniste
maris aimant, pèrex2, photographe, #sfff, #sciencefiction, #astronomie, #sciences en général
J'ai co-crée et je co-habite un #habitatpartagé autogéré

J'aime raconter des récits humanistes à travers des #photo #recitphotographique #photostory de #montagne, de #famille, d #enfant , de #travail de #chantier, de #gens, l #architecture #vernaculaire
Je fais principalement de l' #argentique et je m'essaye à la #stenope
J'ai un compte sur #pixelfed @[email protected]

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Stéphanois de coeur #SaintEtienne

https://mastodon.social/@Karl_Theodor/115849626490669159

Wird es #Krieg geben?

🌱 Aktueller denn je. #Gedanken, #Fragestellungen & #Thesen von 2011 bis 2013 #DIEHANFINITIATIVE #Aikido #Strategie = #VorteildurchInitiative. 👯 ➡️

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikid%C5%8D

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikid%C5%8D#Vorteil_durch_Initiative

#Cannabis #Hanf #Prohibition #Merz #Söder #Klingbeil #CSU #CDU #SPD #Hanfgeschichten #Zeitgeschichte #Zeitgeschehen #Tabu #taboo #Tabuthema #SystemProhibition #Systemfehler #Weedmob #Initiative #finanzwende

https://mastodon.social/@Karl_Theodor/115849626490669159

Wird es #Krieg geben?

🌱 Aktueller denn je. #Gedanken, #Fragestellungen & #Thesen von 2011 bis 2013 #DIEHANFINITIATIVE #Aikido #Strategie = #VorteildurchInitiative. 👯 ➡️

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikid%C5%8D

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikid%C5%8D#Vorteil_durch_Initiative

#Cannabis #Hanf #Prohibition #Merz #Söder #Klingbeil #CSU #CDU #SPD #Hanfgeschichten #Zeitgeschichte #Zeitgeschehen #Tabu #taboo #Tabuthema #SystemProhibition #Systemfehler #Weedmob #Initiative #finanzwende

Sotkamon Sakuran graduointitilaisuudessa 15.5.2025 nähtiin kaksi loistavaa 5.kyun suoritusta. Onnea Virve ja Mika!

#sotkamonsakura #graduointi #vyökoe #5kyu #aikido @vuokatti_areena

So we offer this #Aikidō training for families. Essentially parents can come with their children (usually one parent, one or two children) and do some exercises together (20% Aikidō, 80% game or fitness). Compared to kids training, parents take responsibility of their children (we are not educated teachers). Compared to the training for adults, it is less demanding and more playful.

It is so fascinating to see parents interact with their children. There are parents, which are focused on learning/performing well themselves and children just follow their lead. There are parents which struggle with the exercises themselves, but keep telling their children how they are supposed to do it. And there are parents which get in the way of their children making their own experiences. It is so interesting to observe human behavior.

And of course this situation can be transferred to Aikidō camps for adult training as well. So many people give unsolicited advice. Just apply the techniques in a good manner yourself as taught by #sensei. Novices can follow your lead then. If they really need a verbal explanation, they will ask for solicited advice and it is okay to respond then.

Aikidō is about discovering yourself and making #budo experiences. Not about teaching others.

#Aikido #合気道 #武道 #mondayThoughts

#introduction 2
passionnelement je suis #aikido #judo,, MJ de #JDR,
Aventurier, voyageur à velo et à pied, alpiniste
maris aimant, pèrex2, photographe, #sfff, #sciencefiction, #astronomie, #sciences en général
J'ai co-crée et je co-habite un #habitatpartagé autogéré

J'aime raconter des récits humanistes à travers des #photo #recitphotographique #photostory de #montagne, de #famille, d #enfant , de #travail de #chantier, de #gens, l #architecture #vernaculaire
Je fais principalement de l' #argentique et je m'essaye à la #stenope
J'ai un compte sur #pixelfed @[email protected]

né en 333,73ppm
Stéphanois de coeur #SaintEtienne

👯 ➡️ https://youtu.be/2Hx_CQQBwb8 😎 🌐 📡

#Aikido #documentary - Aikido is her life! #MomokoAbe

Aikido #Shinburenseijuku - 合気道神武錬成塾
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The video has English subtitles.

#CRISPR_rEvolution #wehrhaft #Frauengeschichten #fearless #nofear #Infinity #YOU #YOUAREtheUNIVERSE
#Kultur #Bewegung #Bewegtheit #Selbstermächtigung #NiemalsAufgeben
#Zukunft #weedmob
#nevergiveup #letzteGeneration #fridaysforfuture #AmandaG #Traumzeitwirbelsturm #Hanfgeschichten #GlobalFamily #Japan #Kampfkunst

If you are interested in #martialarts: a training camp of #Aikido, #JiuJutsu, and #Karate is taking place this weekend because our trainer practices Aikido for 40y now. Feel free to join!
#Graz #Andritz #合気道
https://aikikai-graz.at/2023/11/05/aikikai-graz-proudly-presents-40-jahre-aikido-mit-peter-poltsch-6-dan-aikikai/

If you are interested in #martialarts: a training camp of #Aikido, #JiuJutsu, and #Karate is taking place this weekend because our trainer practices Aikido for 40y now. Feel free to join!
#Graz #Andritz #合気道
https://aikikai-graz.at/2023/11/05/aikikai-graz-proudly-presents-40-jahre-aikido-mit-peter-poltsch-6-dan-aikikai/

If you are interested in #martialarts: a training camp of #Aikido, #JiuJutsu, and #Karate is taking place this weekend because our trainer practices Aikido for 40y now. Feel free to join!
#Graz #Andritz #合気道
https://aikikai-graz.at/2023/11/05/aikikai-graz-proudly-presents-40-jahre-aikido-mit-peter-poltsch-6-dan-aikikai/

@sleepyfox the fantastic thing is how different each dojo can be. So when a sensei says ‘This is how you do it in #aikido’ I tend to now take it with a pinch of salt. At the same time I’ve learnt something from every one of the 38 dojos I visited.

I can also count 10 dojos of other arts (#karate x 3, #judo, #hapkido, #kobujutsu, #iaido, #ChoyLiFut, #HEMA, #bujinkan). Also 3 separate clubs that were physically in the same dojo as one of the others (2x #DaitoRyu, 1 Karate). AMA :D

Huh, managed to tear my smooth fabric #NoneCircles gi top in #DaitoRyu today (hip throws). Lasted a couple of years. I prefer smooth fabric to the rough rice weave ones you usually see in #aikido and #judo tops. This one was marketed for aikido but I have a feeling the fabric might be from a heavy karate top. Sorry @karatejukka, I might have to use some rougher top for #kobujutsu now…

Should finally do my #introduction.

In and around tech since 7, when I started programming as a kid living in #NorthernIreland (now in #Finland). The sheer magic of creating a world from a blank screen was like nothing else. Since then founded several companies including banking disruptor #Holvi, the new computer #Solu, and now #AttractiveAI. Also #demoscene event #AltParty.

Beyond that I enjoy writing and am 1st kyu in #aikido, with some #DaitoRyu, #iaido and #kobujutsu in the mix.