Linda This Aikido story has been provided By Linda Zak from the Muswell Hill Club. My husband was a long time practitioner of Ki Aikido and was attending classes in Muswell Hill. Previously, I had some training in Karate when in my twenties. Recently I had some practice in Tai Chi. I was curious about…
David Rae This article on “What’s your Principle?” has been provided By David Rae from the Paisley-Elderslie club. The difference between Ki-Aikido and other martial arts is the focus on uniting mind and body. This is quite an important difference. I first joined a Ki-Aikido club way back in the 80s. I practiced with them…
Sensei Stephen Woolfall, with his students at the Panteg Ki Aikido club. In 1974 I had my first Aikido lesson. I was fourteen and I believe that at that time there was only one Aikido organisation, with Sensei Williams in charge. I could be wrong, but then there was no internet to check. Following the…
This Ki Aikido podcast was generated by Google’s Notebooklm product. Sensei Carl Myers is the teacher at the Brighton and Shoreham club. He entered the Ki Federation website address into this application to see what it would make of our website. He did not enter any bias, or suggestions, as to what the application should…
Gradings are an opportunity to show our understanding of Aikido exercises, and our sensitivity towards our partner, regardless of age. When we’re young, each birthday brings a surge of anticipation: the excitement, the butterflies, and that moment in the spotlight. The day comes, and we revel in the attention (and the presents), wishing it could…
This article recounts hosting the recent, and first, Edinburgh Area Course. It was provided by Sensei Ben Docherty who teaches at the Edinburgh Ki Aikido Club. I was around twelve years old when I attended my first area course. It was hosted by my own club, Stewartfield, in my home town of East Kilbride. It…
This article describes a French journey through Aikido. Adam de Lichana, representative of the Ki Federation in Paris, France (AFKA) has kindly provided us with his story. In 1992, during a period of depression, my psychologist advised me to start praticing aikido again. I had started at the age of 17 at the Aikikai, with…
How Aikido Training Saved Me. 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. It appeared to stop and…
Gabriel from the East Kilbride club has written a rather lovely aikido poem. He has sent this in response to our request for articles for the website and social media. Dance of Ki Planets spinning up on high On this world, spin you and I Expressing beauty in technique Practising till our moves are sleek…
This article on gratitude within Aikido is from Linda Keogh, from the Northampton Ki Aikido 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…
