Today we start our first Online Summer Camp! Wilbert Sluiter Sensei and Judith Sluiter have done a tremendous amount of work to make it happen. Check it out here Classical Aikido Summer Camp
Online Summer Shugyo 1.0
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Today we start our first Online Summer Camp! Wilbert Sluiter Sensei and Judith Sluiter have done a tremendous amount of work to make it happen. Check it out here Classical Aikido Summer Camp
O’Sensei has said that Aikido is Misogi. One of our core practices is Aiki Ken with a bokken. How can we approach this practice as Misogi?
Let’s start with a look at Shirata Sensei’s Misogi no Ken a 45 count Bokken Kata.
Katsu hayabi (勝速日, victory at the speed of light) is a highly developed state in which an aikido practitioner has reached spiritual and moral perfection, and becomes immune to violence. “Victory” occurs at the speed of light — meaning instantaneous—because an opponent cannot even begin an attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido_concepts
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