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Interview with Christian Tissier Shihan

After a very dynamic morning class, we went for a very pleasant lunch with Christian Tissier and some comity members of the AFA in a lovely brasserie in Brussels. There we had an informal talk and the two Shihan of the day (Christian Tissier had just awar Read more

Understanding Aikido by Olivier Gaurin

In every instant of our life, we have to face a double dilemma extremely difficult to resolve: "How to sur-vive* and why?".To say this in 2008 might sound incongruous in our situation of state providence, over protection and advanced technologies (at leas Read more

The necessity of critical thinking in Aikido

We are living in a time where pseudoscience and superstition enjoy aes great popularity. This would be quite harmless if it was not undermining our critical thinking and by extension, our general knowledge. The human brain has this tendency to seek for me Read more

Interview with Micheline Tissier

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 European woman to get awarded such a high grade by Doshu Moriteru Read more

O Sensei movies by André Nocquet

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 Nocquet's articles and videos from that era decided to offer these Read more

Aikido practice in Japan part 1

The beginning the month of May saw the realisation of a very old dream of mine. As far as I can remember, I have always been interested in Asian countries, in particular Japan, and always had the wish to travel there. The way things turned up, it ended up happening Read more

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