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1. Aikido seminar with Cyril Lagrasta The founder of the DAA Cyril Lagrasta 4th Dan will be back to host a seminar on November the 25th and 26th Will send around the full details and exact times a bit closer to the event ... 2. Aikido class to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police ... the role of the student. In fact, one would never think in Japan to transgress this position. There are some cases however when, a bit in spite of our own will, this situation can change quickly and dramatically. ... 3. Dublin Aikikai member to help with humanitarian work in Haiti Christina Offutt, a member of the Dublin Aikikai is planning to join a group of volunteers flying to Haiti to perform humanitarian work. Please read her letter below to find out how you can do your bit ... 4. Training at the Big Sky Aikido ... verbal, we can give non-verbal suggestions also – here grab my wrist, move a little bit this way (as when shifting someone's weight for Iriminage or Kote Gaeshi), take a step to follow me this way. All ... 5. A dream comes true - Practice at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo I felt a bit like a pilgrim arriving at the destination of her pilgrimage when I made my way to the Aikikai Hombu Dojo on a Monday morning in September 2009. It was very early on that Monday morning, as ... 6. Travelling and practicing Aikido ... great to see him change so fast with all the new things happening to the three of us. I had also to pack my keigogi to ensure I would practice a little bit along the way... In Hong-Kong, ... 7. Warm-up ... biting him, thus breaking the rules. This of course induces laughter in the audience but from an ethic point of view, this is contrary to Bushido rules. Please click here to read the full article ... 8. The Itinerant Aikidoka ... still under the thumb of the Judo federation. The dojo was a bit rough, in winter we had to scrape off the frost from the windows. The cold temperature and humidity used to freeze the mats. I kind of liked ... 9. Trip to Japan part 4: The Group Travels South to Himeji ... provoked. More importantly, it is also the occasion to discover a bit more Tokyo and the rest of the country. Please click here to read the full article The Group Travels South to Himeji ... 10. Trip to Japan part 3: Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu ... again on the tatami of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. Today, I would like to take you for a journey through time, to the discovery of a discipline which is the ancestor of Aikido. Those of you a bit more erudite ... 11. Aikido and Static Work ... going to work at least not in agreement with the spirit and principles of Aikido. Responding by a strike would be taken the wrong way by Uke, a bit like a punishment (however how necessary it seems to ... 12. The nescessity of critical thinking in Aikido ... Indeed it would be intolerable to see a student interrupting endlessly the class, asking for further explanations or contradicting the teacher. What is there to do then? How can we make cohabit in the ... 13. Aikido in San Diego part 1: The San Diego Aikikai There are some days I really love my job. Apart from banging my head on the walls in my lab because of some non-working experiments, I do get to travel a bit for scientific meetings everywhere in the world. ... 14. Aikido Today Magazine interview with Cyril Lagrasta, head instructor of Dublin Aikikai Aikido. This is an interview that Cyril did with the now defunct Aikido Today Magazine. He explains about how he came to create the Dublin Aikikai Aikido and talks a bit about his vision of Aikido practice. ...

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Tuesdays
20.15 - 21.30	Fitness Dock Camden St
20.00 - 21.30	Sports Complex DCU
Wednesdays
20.30 - 21.30	Dance House Foley St
Thursdays
19.30 - 21.00	Fitness Dock Camden St
20.00 - 21:30	Sports Complex DCU
Saturdays
12.00 - 13.30	Fitness Dock Camden St
12.00 - 13.30	Sports Complex DCU