Friday, 18 June 2010 | Guillaume Erard and Jordy Delage

In Japan, the months of April and May are quite busy in celebrations. Within the Aikido world, there are also a few events that are worth noting such as the anniversary of the founder's...
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Sunday, 02 May 2010 | Guillaume Erard

My musical focus shifted over the years from performing on stage with rock bands towards composing music in different styles. Nowadays, I concentrate my attention towards riting music for...
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Friday, 30 April 2010 | Guillaume Erard

This video was shot during my very last class in Dublin last year. Cyril Lagrasta, the head instructor of the Dublin Aikikai dugg out the files and edited it. I am very glad that he...
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 | Guillaume Erard

Budo Export is a newly established business run by a team passionate martial arts practicioners. They import or manufacture exclusively material made in Japan and their headquarters are in...
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Friday, 05 February 2010 | André Nocquet

Our mental representation of a man attacking or defending is a visual process based on the conception that we have of the human body when it is resting but this static vision is...
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Monday, 25 January 2010 | Guillaume Erard

Dans cette vidéo tournée par Jean-Michel Jacquelin, mon ami et mentor Olivier Gaurin explique le terme d'ukemi et les concepts qui y sont associés. Olivier vit au Japon depuis de très...
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Monday, 18 January 2010 | Guillaume Erard

The Japanese Tradition series is an hillarious video series dealing with of the Japanese culture produced by the Japan Culture Lab. I found a few of their videos on Youtube and they have to...
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 | Guillaume Erard

In a previous article, I covered the main requirements for obtaining a working holiday visa in Japan. I would now like to go through the job hunting process which should logically follow....
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Saturday, 19 December 2009 | Henry Ellis

The history of British Aikido offers a rich and proud legacy for the genuine students of both today and of the future. A well documented history from its inception in 1955 by the...
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Monday, 23 November 2009 | Aurore Mamet

This article is a bit special since that for once, I will be the one to answer questions. I went last June to give a one day course in Besançon  (France) as I was invited there by my...
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Wednesday, 21 October 2009 | Guillaume Erard

I got a lot of demands for an English translation to this one. It took some time but here it is, the translation of my original article. While I was preparing my application for a working...
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Monday, 28 September 2009 | Guillaume Erard

I am absolutely delighted to be able to present you this series of long lost videos, part of master André Nocquet's archives. Michel Desroches, my first teacher, who owns a fair amount of...
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Friday, 28 August 2009 | Guillaume Erard

Upon my return to France, I was invited to teach by my friend Aurore at her Gonojukan dojo in Besançon (25). Seven Aikidoka from Ireland made the trip for the occasion! During these few...
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Monday, 03 August 2009 | Guillaume Erard

Please accept my apologies for the voluntarily provocative title but I think that it sums up well what a little research on the word Budo can teach you. The word Budo is now ubiquitous in...
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 | Guillaume Erard

This video is a slideshow of some of the most beautiful sights of Kyoto, the former Imperial capital of Japan      
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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 performed...
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