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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. Aikido class to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police ... Jordy Delage, the owner of the martial arts equipment shop budo Export. Without wasting much time, he starts a confused explanation about Hoshi-san, his father in law, a chief inspector in the Tokyo police ... 3. Celebrating Hanami in Dublin ... Taiko performances, Kimono presentations and Origami workshops. There was a separate martial arts stage set up and the DAA had been invited to contribute to the programme of martial arts demonstrations. ... 4. 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 ... 5. Dublin Aikikai FAQ ... martial art and calling it Aikido. Weapons training are used to teach the student how to correct stance and posture and then apply these concepts to unarmed techniques. The sword or ken is substituted ... 6. 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 ... 7. The Itinerant Aikidoka ... it because it reminded me of the old Samurai stories. I got promoted to Shodan about three years later, which is where I started to think about the real purpose of Aikido. Christian Tissier's Martial Arts ... 8. Trip to Japan part 3: Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu ... more familiar than that... In fact, I will soon realize that the gentleman is in fact Olivier Gaurin, long time student at the Hombu Dojo, author of many books and true martial researcher with whom I had ... 9. Aikido and Static Work ... this way for several years, I find difficult to see the exact link with Aikido as a flowing martial art. Moreover, a static student will not develop committed, effective attacks and will always work without ... 10. 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 ... 11. The nescessity of critical thinking in Aikido ... traditional martial art. As a scientist, I have often encountered Aikido teachers who considered the epistemological approach as an aberration in the study of an extreme oriental martial ... 12. Interview with Christian Tissier Shihan ... the motion will be closer to purity. If it is pure, then it is natural and therefore, it is beautiful. As you see, the aesthetic is not an aim in itself. Aikido is a martial discipline but it is also an ... 13. 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 ... 14. Morihei Ueshiba Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) was history's greatest martial artist. Even as an old man of eighty, he could disarm any foe, down any number of attackers, and pin an opponent with a single finger. Although ... 15. Interview with Cyril Lagrasta, head of the Dublin Aikikai ... How did you start Aikido? Cyril Lagrasta: When I was 17, I felt like I wanted to start practicing a martial art. I saw an Aikido class on the campus of Grenoble University and I immediately knew ... 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. Interview with John Rogers, head of the Ireland Aikikai ... I did some sports in school and I had a little experience of martial training. Mr. Matthew Folen, an Irish Judoka, recommended me to look into Aikido if ever I had the chance and he described it as "a ... 18. Insurance Policy The DAA is an Irish Martial Arts Commission (IMAC) certified organisation. The yearly fee for insurance and membership is €30. It also entitles you for a personal Aikido Passport in which you will record ... 19. Instructors ... in March 2010, in affiliation with the Eire Aikikai. It is through this outstanding martial journey under the guidance of some of the most influential Aikido instructors in the world that Judith McSpadden ... 20. Aikido Today Magazine interview with Cyril Lagrasta, head instructor of Dublin Aikikai Aikido. ... Aikido Today Magazine: When did you begin Aikido? Cyril: 1987 ATM: Why? Cyril: I got involved in a couple of fights and wanted to look for a martial Art that could help me defend myself. ATM: ...
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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