The following text is based on the work of Iain McGilchrist, a British psychiatrist who has spent more than 20 years studying the right and left hemispheres of the brain and their different ways of perceiving the world. His main
When it comes to the question of resisting or not resisting while practicing Aikido I propose a simple rule: Your body should resist, your mind shouldn’t. What does that mean? Being a good uke (the attacker) in Aikido is actually
Ki breathing is maximum inhalation and exhalation with the aim of improving normal breathing. Ki breathing consists of two basic elements: the diaphragmatic movement and the movement of the upper body. The diaphragmatic movement is the cornerstone of normal breathing,
The principle of the lever techniques in Aikido is to connect to the partner’s shoulder via the grip so that your movement is transferred to the partner’s whole body. To do this, you fix your partner’s wrist and elbow and