Venerdì 05 Febbraio 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...
+ Full Story

Lunedì 25 Gennaio 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...
+ Full Story

Sabato 19 Dicembre 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...
+ Full Story

Lunedì 28 Settembre 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...
+ Full Story

Venerdì 28 Agosto 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...
+ Full Story

Lunedì 03 Agosto 2009 | Guillaume Erard

Per prima cosa mi scuso per il titolo volontariamente provocatorio, ma penso che possa riassumere quello che potremmo imparare da un po' di ricerca sulla parola Budo. La parola Budo è...
+ Full Story

Giovedì 23 Luglio 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...
+ Full Story

Venerdì 27 Marzo 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...
+ Full Story

Lunedì 02 Marzo 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...
+ Full Story

Venerdì 27 Febbraio 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...
+ Full Story

Martedì 10 Febbraio 2009 | Pasquale Robustini and Marco Marini

Lo scorso Dicembre 2008, la città di Roma è stata teatro di un evento da ricordare per l'Aikido in Italia. Il Maestro William Gleason, VI dan Aikikai ed allievo del Maestro Seigo...
+ Full Story

Mercoledì 21 Gennaio 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 historical...
+ Full Story

Sabato 17 Gennaio 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...
+ Full Story

Domenica 11 Gennaio 2009 | Guillaume Erard

Non molto tempo fa ho avuto l'opportunità di fare quattro chiacchiere con la più famosa esperta femminile di Aikido, Micheline Tissier, che detiene il grado di 6° dan dell'Aikikai. E'...
+ Full Story

Venerdì 05 Dicembre 2008 | Philippe Gouttard

+ Full Story

Sabato 29 Novembre 2008 | Philippe Gouttard

Per circa 30 anni l'Aikido mi ha permesso di evolvere e andare avanti nella vita. All'inizio consideravo la pratica solo come una necessità del corpo, un bisogno fisico, come la pratica della...
+ Full Story