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.