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1. The travelling Aikidoka's guide to practice at the Hombu Dojo ... this dream can eventually become a reality as more and more people travel each year to Japan in order to study at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo for a few days, weeks, or even months. While some might be lucky ... 2. Training at the Big Sky Aikido ... so these demonstrations are welcome asides from the standard core aikido training. Olson Sensei does not instruct much but at one point he simply shared a story with us. Back in his competitive Judo ... 3. The new DublinAikido.com website is out! ... sure that you can access the full content of the website and use it to its full potential. As a user, you are more than welcome to submit any material that you wish, be it pictures, videos, articles or ... 4. Dublin Aikikai FAQ ... and become suppler. Many people train in Aikido well into their 50’s and 60’s! No, but it would be advised to grade and focus your development on the basics. The Kyu grades are a foundation for advancing ... 5. A dream comes true - Practice at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo ... I had never come across a special class for women in Europe and was curious how it would be to practise with women only, how the class would be run, and how the teaching would be different. And I guess ... 6. Interview with Guillaume Erard, 3rd Dan Aikikai ... to come. The students of the Gonojukan mixed up with the crew from the Dublin Aikikai composed of practitioners from Ireland, Poland, France, Canada, the US and Spain. We were delighted to see that all ... 7. Travelling and practicing Aikido ... soon as I arrived I once again faced a warm welcome from all the students. Yamada Sensei welcomed my son and directed him to the kids playground area within the dojo! Never seen one before in a dojo. The ... 8. Warm-up It seems important to me to give some thought to this important part of the practice in order to insure an injury and a frustration-free practice. What first comes to my mind is this: if we were to ... 9. Practice at the Aikikai with Philippe Gouttard ... to be requested as Uke during classes (actually hoping to be called: what an honour!!), working hard to help our teacher to demonstrate his flawless movements and concepts that we often become constantly ... 10. Trip to Japan part 4: The Group Travels South to Himeji ... Aikidoka but for us tourists, it becomes a welcome opportunity to forget about training for a little while, recover from our little pains, strains and other injuries that several days of training inevitably ... 11. Trip to Japan part 2: First Class at the Aikikai ... morning, we realise that we are quite lucky to be staying about 10-15 minutes walk from the Hombu dojo. It will be a significant advantage for the days to come since it means that we can go back to lay ... 12. Aikido and Static Work ... back to people attacking with one hand and protecting with the other, I fail to comprehend the benefit of such work but maybe I don't get the point... The attack looses its momentum, the hips become frozen ... 13. An introduction to Lafcadio Hearn ... a strong critic of the country's modernising drive, a champion of its unique character and traditions, and was credited with an uncanny insight into the Japanese soul. Or so the story goes. Having become ... 14. The nescessity of critical thinking in Aikido ... admits holding only a limited amount of knowledge can become so intolerable for our spirit that we will tend to seek elsewhere some absolute truths, unchanging and therefore reassuring: dogmas. It is in ... 15. Interview with Christian Tissier Shihan ... art and as soon as we use the body in from this perspective, we must work on the purity of the gesture. Aesthetic is the final outcome of all this work. Please click here to read the full Interview ... 16. Interview with Philippe Gouttard ... a day. I discovered aikido quite unintentionally. One day, I read an add saying: "become invincible in 11 lessons" so I thought, 11 classes, why not? I actually ended up in the wrong place in the aikido ... 17. Channel Your Ki Flow When it comes to the martial arts, from a purely aesthetic point of view, aikido is my favourite. Graceful, flowing and dynamic if ever you saw poetry in motion, this is it. But, like all martial ... 18. History of the Dublin Aikikai Aikido Dublin Aikikai Aikido began its life with the Phibsboro Aikido Club in September of 1995, located in North Dublin at the Phibsboro Gym. The clubs founder Cyril Lagrasta (4rd Dan) had come to live in ... 19. Welcome to the Dublin Aikikai ... more than welcome to submit any material that you wish, be it pictures, videos, articles or anything Aikido related that you think might be of interest. Make yourself at home! New features include: Forum ... 20. Summer school in Meze (South coast of France) with Philippe Gouttard ... (6th dan FFAAA). The atmosphere was very relaxed as people come here as much for the Aikido as for Philippe Gouttard himself. He welcomes each of us individually by a sincere hand shake, an embrace or ...
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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