Something from O Sensei this week. It's a poem, but for some reason it doesn't publish with the lines in the correct places so the line ends are indicated with a slash.
Rely on peace/ To activate your/ Manifold powers;/ Pacify your environment/ And create a beautiful world.
Morihei Ueshiba
Some food for thought this week.
Beware of no man more than yourself: we carry our worst enemies within us.
GK Chesterton
We had our last practise of 2025 on Monday 8th December when we practised the bokken kata. our next practise will be in the New Year on 5th January 2026. All the best for Christmas and the New Year to you all.
Margaret
This week's quotation is from O Sensei's son.
In aikido the moment of contact is the decisive time for action.
Kisshomaru Ueshiba
An interesting quotation from Galileo.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
Galileo Galilei
The Anniversary Dinner has been booked for Friday 16th January at Astley Bank Hotel, 7.00 for 7.30. At the moment they are doing a three course menu for £29.50, but this may change in the New Year. Look out for further updates re prices and the January menu.
A quotation from Buddha this week.
What you think, you become.
Buddha