Quote of the Week - 7th August

Something from O Sensei this week.

Progress comes / To those who / Train and train; / Reliance on secret techniques / Will get you nowhere.

Morihei Ueshiba

Practise on Monday 10th August

This coming Monday we should be looking at two basic movements - tenkan and irimi tenkan and also practising some techniques from ryote mochi ryote dori. Last Monday we practised tsuki iriminage, kotegaeshi and sumi-otoshi.

Margaret

Quote of the Week - 31st July

Think of how we should never stay still in aikido....

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.

Christina Baldwin 

Quote of the Week - 23rd July

This chimes with the importance of never standing still.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

Quote of the Week - 16th July

A comment on aikido from Tohei.

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

Koichi Tohei 

Quote of the Week - 9th July

Something to think about!

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Publilius Syrus

Quote of the Week - 2nd July

A Japanese proverb this week.

One who smiles rather than rages is always the winner.

Japanese Proverb