Friday, 19 June 2009 | Guillaume Erard

Tout d'abord, je tiens à préciser que cet article concerne spécifiquement la procédure de demande en France. Chaque pays participant à ce programme a des requêtes particulières en...
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Saturday, 16 May 2009 | Guillaume Erard

This video was shot in May 2008 during the Dublin Aikikai Aikido trip to Japan in order to study Aikido at the Aikikai World Headquarters in Shinjuku. This video shows a bit of Tokyo as we...
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Sunday, 10 May 2009 | Guillaume Erard

This is a nice documentary from the Travel Channel about life in Tokyo. It is not the most recent but it is worth a look nonetheless.      
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Friday, 27 March 2009 | Philippe Gouttard

I first thought of writing something on this theme after realising that contrary to what I thought initially, there were some interesting differences in the way my techniques were...
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Monday, 09 March 2009 | Guillaume Erard

This piece is a bit special as it was conceived quite in an opposite manner compared to what is done usually. For once, we wanted to see if physical interpretation could drive the music,...
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 | Guillaume Erard

This is the uncut interview with Randolph Nesse from the 'The Genius of Charles Darwin' presented by Richard Dawkins. Randolph Nesse is the author of 'Why We Get Sick: The New Science of...
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Monday, 02 March 2009 | Guillaume Erard

After a fantastic day spent visiting the famous Himeji Castle, I feel really excited to be on the way to Kyoto. Although Tokyo is demographically, politically and economically the most...
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Friday, 27 February 2009 | Guillaume Erard

I found out lately that the traffic on this website had increased significantly (up to 5 times) and it left me quite bemused for a while. Upon checking the visits history, I realised that...
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 | Pasquale Robustini and Marco Marini

Last December, the beautiful city of Rome became the theater of an event that is to mark in our Aikido calendars. This course was in fact the occasion of a visit by William Gleason, 6th dan...
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Wednesday, 21 January 2009 | Olivier Gaurin

Olivier Gaurin is a scholar of Aikido, author of several books on Aikido[1],[6],[9] as well as fictions set in medieval Japan[7],[8],[2],[3] and...
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Saturday, 17 January 2009 | Guillaume Erard

Meet Philippe Orban, 6th dan Aikikai and very close student of Christian Tissier for many years. Although he could have stayed in the comfort of teaching regular classes at the Cercle...
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Friday, 16 January 2009 | Guillaume Erard

These videos are from the fantastic PBS documentary series on the history of Japan. Starting before the rise of the Tokugawa and finishing with the arrival of Commodore Perry, this...
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 | Guillaume Erard

Not long ago, I got the opportunity to have a chat with one of the most notorious female Aikido experts, Micheline Tissier, who holds the rank of 6th dan Aikikai. She was the first...
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 | Guillaume Erard

It all started as a little joke when I proposed to Frank to sing something in Japanese. Needless to say that I was shocked  when he immediately accepted! Well, I was caught in my own trap...
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Friday, 05 December 2008 | Philippe Gouttard

It seems important to me to give some thought to this important part of the practice in order to insure an injury and a frustration-free practice. What first comes to my mind is this: if we...
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Saturday, 29 November 2008 | Philippe Gouttard

With more than twenty trips to Japan and an exceptional experience with many prestigious and respected Masters, Philippe Gouttard is one of the most sought after technicians for his very...
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