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We live in a historical moment in which we believe that the top for each is success. So we do our best to win, to be a successful person… and to spend at the best out time to get some big results.
“In the beginning music was our sole means of communication. It was worship, divine, intelligence and basic communication. Music intoxicated the human soul. In every way, music is our bond between the material and the eternal”. Kenny Werner „You must first standing on the floating bridge of heaven. If you don’t stand on the floating […]
The aim of Aikido is to maintain or to (re-) establish a harmonious state of balance. Emphasis is placed upon the joint process of conflict resolution, throughout which the Aikidoka absorbs and/or guides energy in a way that prevents damage. One can neither catch a falling raw egg nor ride a skateboard through violent force […]
Wu Wei, “do without doing” or “dive into not knowing”.
Even if we regularly practice the application of the Aikido principles and the techniques in Aikido training, Aikido essentially arises anew again
ZAN SHIN is often known as remaining mind. 残ZAN means remaining and 心SHIN means heart/mind. In some martial arts, this refers to a certain body/mind state of after-technique. In Kendo, after execution of successful tecnique, the body form remains. Not like football; after making a goal, flip over or victorious peformance, etc. In Kendo, ZAN […]
These two worlds are very different in practice, but really related in their perspectives. In the two you need to let go of your old patterns in order for something spontaneous, new and creative to emerge. Both cooking and Aikido can be used as a tool to discover our true nature and also can be […]
Welcome to the Evolutionary Aikido Community! We would like to announce our formation as open collective of dojo communities committed to the profound vision of the art of Aikido. The Vision that emerges from the understanding that who we are exists within an interconnected interdependent system. We are literally one living system. With that perspective, […]
ON is an obligation; a debt of gratitude, or kindness. Often in Japan we hear someone says “I owe somebody a debt of gratitude”. Some of folk tale are all about ONGAESHI, giving back a debt of gratitude. One story is a crane support an old man who once saved its life, by weaving beautiful […]
As we emerge onto the Aikido scene, this community, the EAC holds a certain perspective as inherent in the art of Aikido, the spiritual perspective. What do we mean by “spiritual”? Essentially it refers to the understanding of self, other and the world. Fundamentally, the understanding of self, is primary for this question. Our conditioned […]
