https://iview.abc.net.au/show/catalyst/series/17/video/SC1502H017S00

Ultrasabres

“Sit and forget everything. When there is not a single thing in your mind, any circumstance can be freely felt with. If you are full of anxiety and constantly fret about this and that, you will never be able to handle anything well.”

P115 The Sword of No-Sword, Life of Master Warrior Tesshu by John Stevens.

We will be closing over the summer holidays. Last Training session will be on Saturday the 15th of December 2018. First training session of the new year will be Wednesday 9th of January 2019.

It was important to both Tohei and Ueshiba Sensei that Aikido was just not another martial art based on learning skills to subjectate an opponent by force.  The beginning of every class the instructor will select a reading from Shokushu Tohei’s book of Ki sayings or another book to help the class focus on moving away from the physical world and into the forging of the spirt.  Talking about and understanding ourselves and how we interact with the world and reflecting on our successes and failures is the best way to change and adapt our future behaviour.  The discussion or reading can be quite long or short depending on the mood of the students and the Sensei but if it is long it is important to remain focused for the whole time.  This is a very important to not think about what you want to say or what you want for dinner or a thousand other things that might be going on in your mind but focus on what is being said with out evaluation or judgement.  This is called Shoshin or beginner’s mind.  Even if you have heard something 1000 times if you have an open mind you may hear it differently each time.

Aikido Brisbane Fortitude Valley Student Guide P6 2018 By Lee Hampson

Fortitude Valley Aikido Web links

Fortitude Vally Aikido Facebook Page

Fortitude Valley Aikido Meetup Page

QUT Aikido Facebook page

Japan

Ki Society HQ Japan

Australian Ki Society Dojos

Ki Aikido in Western Melbourne Facebook Page

Clearview Aikido Brisbane Main Site

Clearview Facebook site

North Queensland Ki Society Aikido Cairns

North Queensland Ki Society Aikido Facebook page

This is an interesting article which bases itself on harmony between “apparent” opposing forces

http://runwonder.com/life/science-explains-what-happens.html

The practice of mindfulness is like a boat, and by practicing mindfulness, you offer yourself a boat. As long as you continue to practice, as long as you stay in the boat, you will not sink or drown in the river of suffering.

– Thich Nhat Hanh