Istvan Koloh - Aikido

30/11/2025

Mind and body move as one.
Aikido teaches a heaviness that settles through the centre, yet the feet stay light and free.
Stillness below, softness above — the balance that makes every movement alive.

13/11/2025

Beneath the autumn wind, the samurai sits unmoved.
Leaves fall, seasons turn, yet the heart remains still.

In Zazen, there is no waiting — only being.
Through silence, the sword is sharpened. Through stillness, the path becomes clear.

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09/11/2025

05/11/2025

Our next trip to Japan in 2027. We will practice 5 days intensively in Karuizawa

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Karuizawa in Nagano Pref. is a mountain town with deep ties to Tokyo. Originally a bustling lodging town, a Western missionary's love for the area paved the way for its rebirth as a summer getaway.

01/11/2025

From omosa to ikkyo.
When true weight settles — not forced, not dropped — the technique begins to breathe.
Omosa anchors the body, ikkyo extends that grounding into motion. 🌸

30/10/2025

Even the strongest wind cannot move the one who stands in the center.
In the storm, the mind wants to run — but the Way teaches us to stand.

There is no enemy outside. There is only the self, untrained, untested.
When the world roars, LISTEN. When the blade trembles, BREATHE. When fear rises, STEP FORWARD.

To face the storm is not to fight it, but to become still enough that the storm no longer knows where you end and it begins.

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28/10/2025

The moment of connection — not victory, not defeat.
In Aikido we meet force with harmony, intent with awareness, and movement with stillness.
This is the Way. 🌸

27/10/2025

In Aikido, the sword is only half the story.
Every movement must honor the armour — the unseen protection that guides true form.

Each step, each turn, each cut is shaped by the need to guard the body’s weak points.
When we align with this awareness, MOVEMENT BECOMES DEFENSE, and defense becomes harmony.

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