Roxas City Aikido Club Demonstration at Robinson's Place Roxas

Roxas City Aikido Club held a demonstration last June 10, 2017 at Robinson's Place Roxas.

Video of the day: Aikido Explained History and Purpose

What is Aikido? 

(Video of the day- Aikido Explained: History and Purpose by Aikido Sarasota.)

Click to watch Aikido Explained: History and Purpose 

Watch Aikido Explained: History and Purpose

Strong and Beautiful Aikido

Video of the Day

I'm starting a new part of this blog, Video of the Day.

I will be posting links to videos about Aikido and probably other martial arts each day. 

Click to watch 'Strong and Beautiful Aikido 

Roxas City Aikido Club is back

Roxas City Aikido Club is back! 

After more than a month of hiatus Roxas City Aikido Club is back! In my previous post,  'We Are Transferring Our Dojo', I mentioned, that we were transferring our dojo to another location, because of major leak problems on the previous venue. What delayed us from re-opening right away was our mat. Since our mat was made of compact foams, it was soaking wet when we took it out.

We Are Transferring Our Dojo

It has been more than a month now since our last practice. We had some problems with the old location of our dojo. Problems which started when it rains. They were not just simple leaks. The dojo actually gets flooded during heavy down rain.

Roxas City Aikido Club T-Shirt Designs - It's A Way of Life

Just a couple of minimalist design for the Roxas City Aikido Club Tees. T-shirt theme: Aikido. It's a way of life.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Understanding the Japanese Phrases Used In Aikido

In my previous post Aikido Japanese Terms- Do We Really Need to Learn Them?, I pointed out a common problem among the beginners of Aikido, specially those who does not speak Japanese, is the use of Japanese language when the Sensei tells the students what to do during training.

Ikkyo- the First Teaching

Ikkyo -  the first teaching. In Aikido, the first technique is described as Ude osae  which is translated to arm pin which is the final position of the technique.

Ikkyo - ude osae 

Aikido Japanese Terms- Do We Really Need to Learn Them?

Before I started practicing Aikido, the number of Japanese terms I knew were less than the fingers I
have in both hands.  So during the first day and succeeding days of my training, every time the Sensei (Sensei Max Tian of Cebu Ki Society) names the attack and the technique to be executed,  I could imagine question marks would pop up above my head and say "Huh?". Whenever there were seniors beside me, they would repeat what Sensei said and I would say, "Ahh... What is that??"

After a short period of time, I have learned to execute the techniques properly, (or at least my execution improves each practice) but I would still get confused with the Japanese terms.

Common Aikido Dojo Etiquette

Common Aikido Dojo Etiquette

These are common Aikido Dojo Etiquette that I have gathered from different sources. Hopefully we could implement all of these in our dojo very soon. 

Parts of an Aikido Dojo

Parts of an Aikido Dojo

The image above shows the parts of a typical Aikido Dojo.  

1. Shomen-the front of the Dojo. The portrait of O'sensei is found here. The students bow into this direction upon entering and leaving the mat, and during the ceremonial opening and closing of the class. 

Aikido Etiquette - Rei

Introduction:
Before I post about the different Aikido techniques, I would start this blog with the etiquette that Aikidokas should observe specially once we are in the dojo. To start with, I would like to discuss the concept of REI or bowing.

Rei  means more than just the physical motion of bowing. Rei- an essential part of Budo (martial way) practice- is generally translated as "respect and appreciation or gratitude". Thus when you are bowing to your Sensei or fellow practitioner, you are expressing your gratitude and respect.