Piątek, 5 Luty 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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Poniedziałek, 25 Styczeń 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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Poniedziałek, 18 Styczeń 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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Środa, 13 Styczeń 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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Sobota, 19 Grudzień 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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Środa, 21 Październik 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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Poniedziałek, 28 Wrzesień 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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Piątek, 28 Sierpień 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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Poniedziałek, 3 Sierpień 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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Czwartek, 23 Lipiec 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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Wtorek, 14 Lipiec 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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Sobota, 16 Maj 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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Niedziela, 10 Maj 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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Piątek, 27 Marzec 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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Środa, 4 Marzec 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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Poniedziałek, 2 Marzec 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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Piątek, 27 Luty 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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Wtorek, 10 Luty 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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