Calgary Ki Aikido

11/20/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Jip3H6mvw/

The oldest known interview with Morihei Ueshiba, "A Leap of the Spirit – Moritaka (Morihei) Ueshiba in 1932", in Czech - courtesy of Ladislav Kořan:

https://aiki-wiki.eu/skok-ducha-moritaka-morihei-ueshiba-v-roce-1932/

The original English version is here:
https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/leap-spirit-moritaka-morihei-ueshiba/

10/25/2025

Wonderful Ki Aikido class taught by Sensei Richard Firestone in Kelvinhall club Aikido UK, Glasgow UK, October 22.

10/25/2025

Barrhead thought-provoking class taught by Sensei Dunne in Glasgow, UK. October 21.

10/19/2025

Inspiring Ki Aikido class taught by Sensei Edward Dunne at Barrhead club in Glasgow UK.

10/16/2025

A good and an inspiring training of mind and body coordination in Ki Aikido. Taught by Sensei Firestone at Kevin Hall club, Glasgow UK.

05/20/2025

04/24/2025

KI AIKIDO VERSUS OTHER MARTIAL ARTS:

UNLIKE OTHER MARTIAL ARTS, THE ART OF KI AIKIDO (AIKIDO WITH MIND & BODY UNIFICATION) IS BASED ENTIRELY ON PRINCIPLES OF NON-DISSENSION & HARMONY.

UNLIKE OTHER MARTIAL ARTS, THE ART OF KI AIKIDO (AIKIDO WITH MIND & BODY UNIFICATION) DOES NOT HAVE AND DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY COMPETITIONS, SPARRING OR MATCHES.

UNLIKE KI AIKIDO, OTHER MARTIAL ARTS CULTIVATE A COMPETITIVE MINDSET.

A MIND AFFLICTED BY URGES/DESIRES TO COMPETE AND DEFEAT OTHERS IS NEVER HARMONIOUS.

WHATEVER FOLKS CHOOSE TO PRACTICE IN THEIR LIFE IS ENTIRELY DRIVEN BY THEIR PERSONAL PREFERENCES, WHICH ARE BASED ON THEIR LEVEL OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR SPIRITUAL MATURITY.

04/22/2025

NEGATIVE RELAXATION VERSUS POSITIVE(LIVING) RELAXATION DEMONSTRATIONS - GLASGOW, UK.
POSITIVE(LIVING) RELAXATION AND NEGATIVE RELAXATION ARE NOT THE SAME THING AS MANY FOLKS BELIEVE, BECAUSE EACH ONE YIELDS DIFFERENT RESULTS IN TERMS OF MIND AND BODY UNIFICATION/COORDINATION AND FLOW OF KI.

POSITIVE(LIVING) RELAXATION INDICATES A DYNAMIC CONDITION/STATE OF MIND & BODY UNIFIED/COORDINATED AND IN HARMONY.
POSITIVE (LIVING) RELAXATION IS FILLED WITH KI.
NEGATIVE RELAXATION IS A STATE OF "LIMPNESS" THAT AMOUNTS TO SURRENDER, POWER VIGOR AND VITALITY.

NEGATIVE RELAXATION IS SIMILAR TO LOSING KI.

04/07/2025

A light warm up Ki Development exercise before an intensive class at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow UK, October 2024.

04/06/2025

A FINE DEMONSTRATION OF THE ART OF KI AIKIDO (AIKIDO WITH MIND AND BODY UNIFICATION / COORDINATION), PERFORMED BY HIGH RANKING PRACTITIONERS FROM GLASGOW, UK.

“TO THROW ANOTHER (UKE) WITHOUT FEELING THAT YOU ARE THROWING HIM/HER, TO BE THROWN BY ANOTHER (NAGE) WITHOUT FEELING THAT YOU ARE THROWN, BEING AT ONE WITH YOUR TRAINING PARTNER, OBEYING THE LAWS OF NATURE / UNIVERSE IN EVERY MOVEMENT – THAT IS THE TRUE ART OF KI AIKIDO (AIKIDO WITH MIND AND BODY UNIFICATION / COORDINATION).