How Aikido Training Saved Me. (a short article by Sensei Aitkenhead) It was a damp wet, dusky September evening in Clarkston, Glasgow. In 1995 I returned to full time education as a mature student and, that evening, was returning home on my motor cycle. I noticed a junction on my left where a car pulled up. […]
Gratitude within Aikido
This article on gratitude within Aikido is from Linda Keogh, from the Northampton club. It was written in December 2019. As a new year looms, I find myself inclined towards some reflection. Especially as I am now well into my 3rd year of Ki Aikido. I think back on lessons learned and reasons to celebrate […]
BBC Somerset Radio Aikido Interview
Simon Parkin is a radio host on BBC Somerset. In June 2018, he came to the Ki Federation of Great Britain’s Headquarters and interviewed several members about their aikido experience. This is an extract of those interviews taken from his broadcast on 20th June 2018 (9:00 to 12:00). This is audio only.
Competitive to Co-operative Through Ki Aikido
This article on changing from competitive to co-operative through Ki Aikido, is provided by Linda Keogh from the Northampton Club. All of us have parts in us, be it emotional or physical, that we would rather not be. But rather than run from them, we need a to look deep within ourselves and acknowledge them. […]
Fear of Failure
This article on Ki Aikido and the fear of failure was supplied by Alfredo from the Richmond Hill club in Toronto, Canada. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” (Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist) Any journey in life starts with an objective. Such objectives are sometimes a […]
Ki Aikido Has So Much To Say
This article on why Ki Aikido has so much to say was supplied by Linda Keogh, from the Northampton Ki Aikido Club… It seems in today’s world when technology drives innovation, and the ability to talk to someone thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye is commonplace, we still forget to talk […]
Classroom Ki Meditation
The following article on Classroom Ki Meditation was provided by James Sherlock. James is a school teacher for 10 and 11 year olds. James also teaches the junior Ki Aikido class at the St. Albans club. Classroom Ki Meditation Working as a teacher in London, I often work with students who come from challenging backgrounds […]
Approaching Aikido Practice
Vince Picton, the teacher at the St Albans club, supplied this article on Approaching Aikido Practice… I have found Aikido to be a great tool in which to impart some positivity onto people who arrive with a negative attitude to life. Our golden Aikido rules talk about performing with confidence, which I believe if followed properly, inherently creates a feeling of […]
Junior Aikido Experience
Isabella is a junior at the Northampton club and was given special dispensation to attend the Summer Seminar. She camped with her father, Scott, who was attending the first week and then taking his first Dan grading. She sent in this account of her junior aikido experience ….. I thought it was a great privilege […]
Another Ki Aikido Testimonial
This article, on the effects of Ki Aikido, was sent in by Linda Keogh from the Northampton Ki Aikido Club… I have practiced on and off over my life several forms of martial arts. Often attracted to the philosophy and spirituality behind them rather than the physicality. Whilst they have eased my mind at times, […]