WRITINGS
Budo is a matter of intense physical training coupled with deep contemplation and introspection. These writings are here shared to assist the reader in their own necessary reflections and to provide further insight in our dojo for the potential student.
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BUDO CONTEMPLATIONS:
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A General Bibliography and the Issue of Translation
​​At What Cost Our Spirit​​
Budo and the Joy of Work​
Cold Mountain​
Daily Training​
Embracing Our Incompetence​
Etiquette and Imitation​​​​
Faith, Discipline, and Humility​
"For me" Aikido​
Group Discussion on Takuan Soho's "Fudochishinmyoroku"​
Meditations​
Natural Offenses​
​On the Exchange, "Old Man Ueshiba"​
Persevere​
Rank Gains Meaning by Being Meaningless​
Revolutions with Nothing New​
Self-Attained Wisdom​​
Sensei and Caveats​
Shikantaza​
Silence and the Mystification of Aikido Waza​
The ABCs are not Poetry​
The Contemplative Life​
The Dark Nights of Spiritual Maturity​
The Ideological Myth of Aikido​
The Living Way: An Application of the Thinking of Thomas Merton to Budo Training​
The Narrative of Noah​
The Non-waza of Waza​
The Practice of Commitment​
The Road of Compassion​
Training as a Teacher​
Waiting For The Buddha Will Kill Your Art​
We Are What We Do​
When Aikidoka Speak and the Silence that Ensues​
Why do we train? - A Conversation Between Two Teachers
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AIKIDO PERSPECTIVES:
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​Aiki: Yielding and Unyielding Energies in Concentric Spirals​
A Retransliteration of Osensei's "Kannagara No Jutsu"
Beginning Weapons Training​​
Character Development for Children in the Martial Arts
Cleaning the Dojo
Conscious Relaxation​
Eat Your Veggies
Forms are Alive​
"Founder did" does not mean "We do"​
Greenhouse Aikido​
Habitual and Actual Spontaneity​
Here, There, and Back Again - co-authored with Iseri Nobuo, Shihan​
​How to Make Sure Your Kids Suck at Aikido: A To-Do List
Injuries and Training​
In Some Dojo...​
Katame-Waza and Control Maintenance​
Making Time and Finding Time - by Sean Sanders​
Modern Aikido - Aikido For Sale​
Nice Aikido​
Nostalgic and Romantic Tendencies in our Training​
On Discussions - A Conversation Between Two Aikidoka​
Osensei, Omoto-kyo Theology, and Ichirei- Shikon-Sangen-Hachiriki
Relating Ha to Shu​
Remaining Powerful in the Face of Options to Remain Weak​
Shu-Ha-Ri and Emulation​
Some Thoughts on Kuzushi​
Spiraling Maai​
Suwari Waza Shomenuchi Ikkyo​
Technical and Martial Training​
The Body Must Be Fit​
The Complementary Roles of Uke and Nage​
The Martial Side First​
The Nage/Uke Dynamic - Some Guidelines​
The Rate of Training​
The Said and the Unsaid​
The Senpai/Kohai Model and Issues of Ego​
The Uniqueness of Aikido​
To Face the Bare Minimum
Tony Blauer's Premise for his SPEAR System is Wrong and Misleading
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EXCHANGES:
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A Great Fish
All of Mankind
An Important Question
Another Existence
Arriving
Awareness and Consideration
Badwater
Becoming
Big Mistakes
Boredom
By Will Alone
Caring
Carried in Our Actions
Center
Deconstruction
Defeatism
Eagles
Escape
Exams
Exchange
Farming
Fear
Fingers
Gardens and Outhouses
Harmony
Honor
How Long?
How Often?
Important and not Important
Matthew
Mature Training
Muddy Water
Not For You
Not So Wonderful is what is Wonderful
Old Man Ueshiba
Only Our Skill
Open Gi
Paranoia
Path Marked by Fear
Pure Heart
Purification
Quick and Smooth
Real Strength
Right Beginnings
Rough for Me
Seeing Beyond
Self-Deceit
Teacher
The Body
The Egg and The Stone
The Four Men
The Masses
The Serious Student
The Sum of All Parts
The Sword as Shield
The Two Sons
The Way is Perfect
Thy Will Be Done
Training is not a Meal
Training is Waiting
Training within the Infinite
Two Sides, Same Coin
Two Sisters
Upon Their Lips
Welcome
What One Will Be
When I am Gone
Who
Why Weapons
Wisdom, Faith, Humility
With Effort
Zazen and Pain
Zen and Budo Overlap
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