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1. Dublin Aikikai member to help with humanitarian work in Haiti ... to help. I've always wanted to make a difference in the world and help people less fortunate. This year is ringing in a mile-stone birthday for me, so I will be fulfilling a life-long dream of doing ... 2. A dream comes true - Practice at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo ... rest of my life, as a special souvenir from my first visit to Japan and the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. __________________________________________________ To go further Dublin Aikikai trip to Tokyo ... 3. How to get a working holiday visa in Japan? ... and go on with this life changing experience. Please click here to read the full article: How to get a working holiday visa in Japan? ... 4. Why are Budo not supposed to work in real fight ... an Aikido instructor and lifelong martial arts practitioner, I often had to explain what this discipline was about; in particular, what made it different from other arts such as Judo, Karatedo or ... 5. 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 ... 6. Understanding Aikido ... on how 21st century Aikidoka should apprehend their practice. In every instant of our life, we have to face a double dilemma extremely difficult to resolve: "How to sur-vive* and why?".To ... 7. Aikido and Static Work ... be 100%. Protecting himself while attacking means that he is simply not attacking at all and is blows have absolutely no effect. Attacks should not be stiff and robotical, they have to have life and power ... 8. An introduction to Lafcadio Hearn ... with a description of a small fishing town, Yaidzu. It might be the very embodiment of Hearn's vision of Japan - apparently remote in place and time, its daily life essentially unchanging. The living characters ... 9. 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 ... 10. Morihei Ueshiba ... to by the practitioners of Aikido as O Sensei, "The Great Teacher". The Art of Peace is an ideal, but it developed in real life on many fronts. Morihei in his youth served as an infantryman in ... 11. 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 ... 12. Aikido Today Magazine interview with Cyril Lagrasta, head instructor of Dublin Aikikai Aikido. ... of your own dojo. Cyril: Dublin Aikikai Aikido began life with the Phibsboro Aikido Club in September of 1995, located in North Dublin at the Phibsboro Gym. I had come to live Ireland from France a few ...

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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