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1. Starting Aikido Starting Aikido Aikido is a Japanese martial art that deals with aggression by blending with and redirecting an attack rather than meeting it head on. Its techniques are based on natural flowing motion ... 2. Celebrating Hanami in Dublin The Irish weather God must have a soft spot for Japan and cherry blossoms, as it was an exceptionally beautiful day on Sunday, 11 April, when Hanami – the Japanese cherry blossom festival – was celebrated ... 3. The new DublinAikido.com website is out! ... Go ahead share the good stuff! The aim is to make a little magazine within this website where people with an interst in Japanese culture and martial arts can find and share information. We can ... 4. Dublin Aikikai FAQ ... Committee. Aikido follows the Japanese Kyu and Dan grading system. There are no coloured belts, just white and black. For the first few years of practice all students wear the same uniform with no ... 5. A dream comes true - Practice at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo ... Dublin the female changing rooms are usually rather quiet, a bit lonely even. And from what I had heard about the patriarchal nature of Japanese society I really hadn't expected that many women practising ... 6. How to find a job in Japan ? ... and the right approach, you might find the Japanese job market more flexible and full of opportunities than the one of your country of origin. In some cases, some people have been able to completely reinvent ... 7. How to get a working holiday visa in Japan? I got a lot of demands for an English translation to this one. It took some time but here it is, the translation of my original article. While I was preparing my application for a working holiday visa, ... 8. Why are Budo not supposed to work in real fight ... culture and it is safe to say that along with sushi, karaoke, bonsai and manga, it figures amongst the most successful exports of the Japanese culture. It is however one of the most misunderstood ... 9. Trip to Japan part 5: Kyoto, historic capital of Japan ... important city of Japan, Kyoto is definitely its historic capital. Of all places, it this is probably in this particular city that my life long interest in Japanese history is going to be satisfied. Kyoto ... 10. An introduction to Lafcadio Hearn ... Japan' which he produced over the next fourteen years was the hold it would acquire on the modern Japanese imagination. Hearn spilled an awful lot of ink on the subject of Japan. His collected works ... 11. Contribute to DublinAikido.com! ... Go ahead share the good stuff! The aim is to make a little magazine within this website where people with an interst in Japanese culture and martial arts can find and share information. We can ... 12. The nescessity of critical thinking in Aikido ... Thanks to this double competence, he gives us some leads to help us make the most of the analytic powers that we inherited from the enlightenment while applying them whithin the framework of the Japanese ... 13. Interview with Philippe Gouttard Philippe started practicing aikido in 1970. He quickly went on to study with top Japanese masters (Nobuyoshi Tamura, Masamichi Noro and Kobayashi Sensei) in France and abroad. He met Katsuaki Asai Sensei ... 14. Channel Your Ki Flow ... a sixth dan and head of the Irish Aikido Federation), there is a growing interest in the Japanese martial art and a proliferation of aikido clubs nationwide. Cyril Lagrasta, a fourth dan from France, teaches ... 15. Morihei Ueshiba ... the Russo-Japanese War, later battled pirates and bandits during an adventure in Mongolia, and then, after mastering a number of martial arts, served as an instructor at japan's elite military acadamies. ... 16. Welcome to the Dublin Aikikai ... interst in Japanese culture and martial arts can find and share information. We can divide contributions into main sections but the list is non-exhaustive; anything related can be of interest to all of ... 17. Practicing at Lake Yamanaka, Japan ... Aikido. The house contained three large and medium sized Dojos and an Ofuro (hot bath). The rooms were Japanese Style rooms of a very comfortable 10 tatami size for four people sharing. We had a very good ... 18. How to affiliate your dojo to the DAA ... its expertise and its very good connections with French and Japanese Aikikai. The application process is simple, just come over to one of our seminar and meet us! The best way to get to know each ... 19. Yamamori Bringing authentic Japanese cuisine to Dublin ...

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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