In California, Earthing is very popular, and Californians are enjoying the beaches and the mountains where they have the opportunities to...

The definition of “Warm up” is: a period of preparation and gentle movements before a game or an exercise session. Some Aikido teachers...

I have observed that sometimes people think that Aikido is exceedingly difficult to learn. For some students, they feel awkward after the...

Forging the body: The first step, in our training, is to forge and shape the body. We often hear the expression: "Be an empty cup!" so we...

""Bowing" are you serious? It is against my religion!!!" Many students, and parents have said that to an aikido or martial art instructor...

I was looking recently at Arnold Schwarzenegger's motivation video on why he goes to the gym everyday and I found that it is the same for...

The kanji on this picture means: "Obon festival".

In martial arts, we must look at different levels where we can observe an unbalance. Sometimes, we are our worse ennemi and we are...

Sometimes, our worse ennemi is ourselves and what we do to ourselves. In Aikido, testing is an important stage in our practice to show...

June is PTSD awareness (Post traumatic Stress Disorder). The campaign is mainly for our veterans however I would like to extend it to...

In the Japanese culture from early childhood, children learn how to clean their classroom. Every member of the classroom is part of the...

As the Spring Equinox is approaching: “You must prune to bloom. If the dead weight is not pruned and removed, it compromises the quality,...