Hello everyone. Onegaishimasu. I hope everyone is very well tonight. Okay. I have a Shokushu for you. #7, Living Calmness. “In a natural state, the weight of objects is always underside. The experience of calmness in our body occurs when every part of our body is naturally underside. Calmness is the state of mind that […]
Hello everyone. How nice to see you. Onegai shimasu. I will read Shokushu #8 tonight, “Plus Life.” “The absolute Universe is one. Here two opposing actions appear and the relative world is born. This is called the yin and yang in the Orient and plus and minus in the West. A bright vigorous life is called […]
Good morning, everyone. Onegai shimasu. How nice to see you all. I am going to read about Ki Breathing this morning. Shokushu #15. “The breath goes out, reaching everything in the universe and all of humanity. The breath comes in and falls into an infinitely small space in the lower abdomen. Ki Breathing is the unknown […]
Onegai shimasu. I hope everyone is very good today I’d like to read Shokushu #17 tonight, “Reiseishin.” “We as human beings are given a mind that is directly connected to the universe. This is Reiseishin.Water, when it settles, can clearly reflect the moon. When our mind becomes calm, Reiseishin expresses itself clearly and unmistakably. Once […]
Forgiveness means allowing others to be who they actually are, without trying to control who they should be. When we forgive others, at the same time we are forgiving our own ignorance and selfish need to control everything about our life. We practice connection in Aikido, because in order to have connection with another human […]
Hello, everyone. Onegai shimasu. I hope everyone is good. I will read Shokushu number 21, “Setsudo.” “There is no selfish person who fulfills the way of the universe. If you awaken to the principles and way of the universe, you are given the responsibility, from the universe to share them throughout the world. Do not say that you don’t have the […]
Hello everyone. Onegai shimasu. Nice to see you all. Thank you for coming. I will read Shokushu number 10, “The Principle of Non-Dissension.” “There is no conflict in the absolute universe. Conflict arises only in the relative world. If we are to lead others we must unify mind and body, and practice the principles of the universe. Do […]
Good morning, everyone. Onegai shimasu. Happy Mother’s Day to any of you that might be a mother out there! We all have a mother, so let’s honor our mothers today. I’m going to read in the way of Shokushu this morning, the Ki saying, I’m going to read to you again, Tohei Sensei’s four basic principles to unify […]
Hello everyone, welcome. Onegai shimasu. I hope everyone is well. I will read number 20 of the Shokushu, called “Intoku.” “Just like the number one can never become zero, our words or actions never disappear once they are created. A good action causes a good result, and a bad action causes a bad result. This always returns […]
Onegaishimasu. Nice to see everyone. We’re going to do some Ki Breathing to start, but first, I want to read you something. This was written by Gary Cera, who is a student of Eric Nonaka Sensei’s at the Mililani Dojo at Oahu. He’s a Shodan, and it says: “From my Aikido training, I have learned […]