I hope YOU are having an amazing day... here's your latest copy of the Harmony newsletter from Tony at the Aikido Health Centre. Your Unique Journey continues by turning the spotlight on some of the most cutting edge Aikido organisations - see below... Next month, we'll be taking a close look at Powerful Principles that you can put to good use to reach your life goals... Stay Tuned! Peace and Harmony Tony P.S. 6 easy steps to BOOST Your energy levels... Health Secrets
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Here, I will give a brief description of some of my favourite Aikido websites, that, in my opinion, are the cream of the crop. See below on how to get your hands on my Best 10 Aikido websites software. This gives you the ability to do some amazing research. You'll also be able to get my Best 10 Health websites software. Don't worry they are both no cost products!
Okay, so my number one Aikido organisation is...
AIKIDO JOURNAL - www.aikidojournal.com The Aikido journal is an online magazine that provides some of the very best articles, interviews, and discussion of Aikido techniques anywhere. Few people know as much about aikido history as Stanley Pranin, who has made the most detailed analysis of the art. As editor-in-chief of Aiki News, which became Aikido Journal, he has accurately documented the life of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido. Stanley started Aiki News in 1974 after translating Japanese documents about the life of Morihei Ueshiba. After handing a few around, lots of people wanted them, so he began to make copies and decided to do a newsletter. He added O'Sensei articles, local area news, letters to the editor, and interviews with Japanese Sensei (instructors). He has shown that historically there is a very important connection between Daito-ryu Aiki-Jujutsu, O-Sensei and the Omoto religion. Stanley Pranin points out that Morihiro Saito Sensei, had a very unique opportunity to study with the founder in more detail than anyone else. He received so much technical instruction directly from the founder and his mind is very methodical so he’s been able to classify it and explain it in a way that is much, much easier to understand. So, by preserving Saito Sensei’s techniques it’s the next best thing to preserving O-Sensei’s techniques. There is no other sensei who knows this subject to this depth, who can explain it clearly or who saw O-Sensei over a long period of time and could see the changes. From 1942, Iwama, Japan was Morihei Ueshiba's home where he felt most comfortable in his later years. The dojo has kept this old flavor. It’s not a modern concrete building. The surroundings are very beautiful and the Aiki shrine is there and for O-Sensei the spiritual aspect were very important. I recommend that you visit the Aikido Journal website for an accurate history of Aikido and the best information on O'Sensei.
Aiki Extensions is a charitable organisation whose aims are to take the principles of Aikido out into the world to create harmony and peace among peoples of all cultures. They encourage friendly communication among those who apply the practice and theory of Aikido in venues outside of normal dojo settings. Adding the extension of aiki principles and practices to problem situations and areas of conflict around the world. The Aiki Corps are experienced Aikido practitioners who volunteer their time and skills to help provide Aikido training for kids living in situations of poverty or violence. Placements have made a big difference in San Francisco, Awassa, Ethiopia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. They bring Aikido practitioners from conflicting ethnic groups together to practice and have transformed relationships with political and social tensions, former enemies creating lasting friendships. Working with inter-ethnic communications in Cyprus, Bosnia, Israel, and Ethiopia, participants in this project hope to build bridges by promoting training opportunities for Aikido practitioners from groups normally separated by rigid ethnic or national boundaries. The Salaam Shalom Aikido initiative aspires to create joint Palestinian and Israeli aikido training centers in order to build bi-communal ties and strengthen inter-cultural relations. Aikido practice has proven its ability to foster communication between groups otherwise beset by chronic tensions. Aiki-Extensions sponsored training opportunities for Greek and Turkish Cypriots in 2005. Croatian, Muslim, and Serbian practitioners trained together throughout the Sarajevo meltdown, and Aikido training for Bosnian leaders outside the country led to peace-building projects. Aiki methods are very effective in helping survivors of abuse recover from trauma. Teaching the Aiki elements of body awareness, calmness, empowerment, compassion, and self-protection has a great deal to offer as a complement to traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. A Peace Dojo is a martial arts school in which martial practice is explicitly oriented towards teaching skills of non-violence, conflict resolution, and peacemaking. Martial practice is uniquely valuable for practicing peace because attack/defense drills offer the opportunity to train oneself to receive an opponent in an empathic and harmonious way.
AikiWeb, is the world's most active online Aikido community! The site is home to over 16,000 aikido practitioners from around the world and covers a wide range of aikido topics including techniques, philosophy, history, humor, beginner issues, the marketplace, and more. AikiWeb began in 1997, and it's principal purpose is to serve the Internet community as a collection of and starting point for aikido information. It is run by Jun Akiyama and has received awards and recognition from... Yahoo, Netscape Directory, NBCi and DMOZ. He gives special thanks to Cindy Paloma, who maintained the original Aikido Information site and Jun inherited the aikido dojo listings. He says that without her pioneering efforts, there would be no AikiWeb. You can join in the discussions, but you'll need to register first, it's free and takes only a few minutes to complete. Do you want cutting edge Aikido Tips delivered straight to your email inbox every few days? Of course, this amazing email course is totally cost free. But don't let that put you off, because it is jam-packed with unique information that you just wont get anywhere else... Top Aikido Tips
Aikido Online reflects the teachings of one of the most prominent group of Aikido Shihan (master teachers) living outside of Japan today. This group consists of the North American Shihankai Sensei's, Yoshimitsu Yamada, Akira Tohei, T.K. Chiba, Mitsunari Kanai, Seiichi Sugano, Yukio Kawahara, Yutaka Kurita, Ichiro Shibata and Nobuyoshi Tamura in Europe. These Shihan, most of whom were uchideshi (live-in disciples) of O-Sensei Morihei Ueshiba, were in close contact with him during the height of his creative development of Aikido. Beginning in the early 1960's they left Japan and moved abroad to teach the Aikido they had learned from O'Sensei. They became the pioneers and driving forces behind the tremendous international growth of Aikido throughout North and South America, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and the Middle East. In spite of their physical separation, they have maintained a close association with Aikikai Hombu Dojo and each other for over 40 years. Aikido Online was created to be an information centre that taps into this invaluable resource: the art of Aikido as learned and experienced by these Shihan. It is their intention, as their students and as recipients of their legacy, to make Aikido Online a place where their knowledge is made available and shared with all those interested in the art of Aikido. They also want Aikido Online to be an interactive forum, where knowledge, viewpoints and ideas can be exchanged, and where understanding and communication can expand.
Of course, this is my own website :) My aim is to offer unique information, knowledge and wisdom on all aspects of Aikido, Health and Spirituality. Also, to highlight some of the blocks Aikido students may come across on their individual journey through life. Particularly to do with physical or mental setbacks or injuries and exactly how to overcome these obstacles. I want you to get the maximum benefit with the minimum amount of effort to reach your target goals. This way you'll learn more, become more skilled, enjoy your journey, and also pass your wisdom on to other people. The Aikido Health Centre website offers visitors the chance to get the utmost benefit of my intense 30 year study of Aikido, Health and spirituality. All of my thoughts and hard-won insights are included. There are 100's of pages of free info, ecourses, ebooks, software, etc. I am also in the process of writing dozens of new pages, including a series of polls and surveys that you can give your valuable opinion on. You'll get the chance to have your comments included in my webpages and share your important opinions with hundreds of my daily visitors. Do YOU want to Fast-Track your Aikido skills to completely new level? You'll learn all about the setbacks on the path and exactly how to avoid them... Aikido Success Blueprint
There are a few simple principles that run through all systems that you should focus on. Why? Because principles hold the true power that flows through life itself. It's not what you know in your head, but what your spirit experiences through your body that is most important. The answers to all of your questions are not outside of yourself. They are inside and you have access to them right now. The best way is to remove from your life the things that are negative and a waste of time. Replace these with your life goals. Then, all you need to do is to take action and move towards your goals. If not now... when? It's all explained, in full detail in my... Optimum Health Secrets
For more great Aikido and Health tips, take the time to have a good look round my Aikido Health Centre website at www.aikido-health.com. I am constantly adding NEW and FREE information for you.
I suggest you also bookmark my Aikido Health Blog page, because every new page I put up is announced on there. Also, I add my own personal comments regularly on a variety of interesting topics... link below :)
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You can live a healthy and vibrant life, by using the following tips daily... "You Are What You Breathe, Drink, Eat, Think, Feel and Do" Tony Wilden
Breathe DEEPLY and Relax.
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Tony Wilden is an Aikido Instructor and qualified in several Healing Arts. He has a deep interest in spiritual matters, optimum health, environmental issues, and the creation of harmony between people and nature. Tony is on a path to wisdom, freedom and power and shares his insights on aikido, health, universal principles, ancient knowledge and master strategies. Please Note The information provided in the Harmony ezine is for educational purposes and not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any dis-ease. It should not replace the advice of your health advisor or doctor.
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