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1. Starting Aikido ... rather than strength, so aikido is suitable for both sexes and for people of all ages. As well as being an effective form of self-defence, aikido’s natural movements help to relax the body and to release ... 2. The new DublinAikido.com website is out! ... anything Aikido related that you think might be of interest. Make yourself at home! New features include: Forum New FAQs Polls Chat room Glossary User interface and much, much ... 3. Dublin Aikikai FAQ ... the biggest mental block for beginners. It can be quite unnerving to learn to roll forwards and backwards naturally and without fear of hurting oneself. But over time and with practice falling, rolling ... 4. A dream comes true - Practice at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo ... and I just thought to myself how lucky I was to be there. I felt truly privileged about this opportunity of practising at the Aikido World Headquarters – an opportunity that so many Aikidoka around the ... 5. How to get a working holiday visa in Japan? ... think are essential to make your application successful. First, if you are thinking of applying, don't put yourself under to much pressure: it is relatively easy to get a working holiday visa if ... 6. Interview with Guillaume Erard, 3rd Dan Aikikai ... is "do not speak on the mat". What is so important about keeping silent on the mat? Guillaume Erard: On the tatami, as far as I am concerned, words only serve as lying to oneself and others ... 7. Travelling and practicing Aikido ... class was taugth by Yamada Sensei himself and went very well. Then, with Amyas, we went eating a good healthy burger sitting rigth beside the band Ash from Northen Ireland... They are currently recording ... 8. The History of Aikido in the United Kingdom ... time, Aikido became very fragmented with everyone wanting to start their own organisations, which resulted in masses of self-grading and silly undeserved titles. I do find the conduct of some of these ... 9. Understanding Aikido ... about the cultural aspects that are an intrinsic part of Aikido. Having lived in Japan for over 20 years, he has immersed himself into the ancestral culture of his country of adoption and shares his thoughts ... 10. Teacher’s technique… student’s technique… ... seminar where I was merely a student, the same partner did not seem to me as compliant. How could I explain this phenomenon to myself while both of us had the same physical and technical abilities as before? ... 11. Yudansha Grading Regulations ... prepared. Don't only expect your instructor to train, motivate and boost you. You have also to put on the effort yourself and train correctly a good 6 months prior to grading. Ask fellow students to help ... 12. Trip to Japan part 3: Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu ... worked via email when he wrote a very interesting article for Aikidoka Magazine. After formally introducing myself to him and talking to him for a while, he proposes that we practice together the following ... 13. 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 ... 14. Trip to Japan part 1: Arrival in Tokyo ... giving it much thought. A group of students from the Dublin Aikikai Aikido, led by Cyril Lagrasta had been plotting a trip to the Aikikai for some time and quite spontaneously, I ended up buying myself ... 15. An introduction to Lafcadio Hearn ... himself, fresh from a stint in New Orleans, was in search of a little more exoticism. Many a visitor has made the same mistake. What was extraordinary about the rather romantic and eerie vision of ‘Old ... 16. 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 ... 17. Morihei Ueshiba ... grave mistake. To smash, injure, or destroy is the worst sin a human being can commit. The real Way of a Warrior is to prevent slaughter - it is the Art of Peace, the power of love." Morihei secluded himself ... 18. History of the Dublin Aikikai Aikido ... each July. Cyril left Dublin in 2010 to start a new life in Geneva, leaving his senior students to continue teaching and managing the club, and Cyril himself has now become one of our visiting ... 19. Interview with Cyril Lagrasta, head of the Dublin Aikikai ... himself about all the work he has done to spread a certain conception of Aikido outside of France. Too few of these people make it to the pages of the French magazines. Guillaume Erard: ... 20. Aikido in San Diego part 1: The San Diego Aikikai ... It is nice because I also get to meet individuals as miserable as myself and we discuss the conditions of our respective failures. I can already hear you say "but what does it have to do with Aikido?" ...
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20.15 - 21.30	Fitness Dock Camden St
20.00 - 21.30	Sports Complex DCU
Wednesdays
20.30 - 21.30	Dance House Foley St
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19.30 - 21.00	Fitness Dock Camden St
20.00 - 21:30	Sports Complex DCU
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12.00 - 13.30	Fitness Dock Camden St
12.00 - 13.30	Sports Complex DCU