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- Taking Sensei's Ukemi by aikido:life | North Valley Aikikai on Oct 21, 2009 in ukemi
The most challenging moments during my Aikido apprenticeship were while I was in the Uke role for my teacher. In the first year I was not called much for demonstrations, and felt a great hunger for it. When the moment finally arrived, I found myself...
- Autumn by aikido:life | North Valley Aikikai on Oct 8, 2009
Quiet. Abruptly whistles, Autumn wind. Steel blue skies. Dry leaves rustle under each step. For the full...
- A new season at Junior Blind by aikido:life | North Valley Aikikai on Oct 1, 2009
A year had past since I started teaching Aikido at the Junior Blind of America. It was last September when some of my students, a friend (guest from Japan) and myself, drove to the Ladera Heights area, for our first interaction with quite a special g...
- Moments of hardship by aikido:life | North Valley Aikikai on Sep 3, 2009 in hardship mitori geiko injury
The other day I was watching this short video, in which Pema Chodron, sheds light on our tendency to resolve things from the outside, rather than from within us. It made me think how I sometimes try and control the whole world around me, and adjus...
- images of the new space by aikido:life | North Valley Aikikai on Jul 9, 2009
We completed building our new Dojo, and now we are celebrating its newness. Photos by Roger Hoffman For the full version, visit: http://www.northvalleyaikikai.blogspot.com...
- Homeless bound by aikido:life | North Valley Aikikai on Jul 5, 2009 in compassion community homelessness
I had no idea on how homelessness was so close to home. I've lived in Granada Hills for almost seven years now, and drove almost daily through the busy shopping center on the Northeast corner of Balboa and San Fernando Mission Boulevards. Right in be...
