Quote of the Week - 23rd October

I hope that this is an encouraging quotation......

It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Quote of the Week - 15th October

A quotation from Aristotle this week.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

Aristotle  

Quote of the Week - 9th October

Some encouragement from Einstein.

Failure is success in progress.

Albert Einstein

Quote of the Week - 3rd October

An interesting comment.

The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.

Miyamoto Musashi

Quote of the Week - 26th September

Something interesting and relatable this week.

Better to look weak and be strong than to look strong and be weak. 

Laura Moncur

Quote of the Week - 19th September

This week's quotation is by Tohei.

Aikido is the spirit of love and protection for all things; it is the spirit of peace.

Koichi Tohei 

Practise on Monday 22nd September

 On 22nd September, all being well, we shall be practising some knife techniques. Last Monday we practised some katatedori gyakuhanmi techniques - tenchinage, kokyonage and shihonage.

Margaret