Nice seminar 1st day by #aikido legend Christian #Tissier (8th dan). Nice to have a seminar that focused on actual technical elements and use of body that could be analysed, rather than abstract concepts.

Cheers to #Awase in Helsinki for organising.

Check out this new video from my aikido dojo (the Aiki Arts Center in Berkeley, California), featuring demonstrations of five jo awase. (What's an awase, you ask? Find out in the video!)

Starring Alan Hodges Sensei (the tall one), Azzia Walker Sensei, (the one with the headband), and me (the bald one). Directed and shot by Steve Tomich Sensei.

#aikido #jo #aikijo #awase #mindfulness #consciousness #training #weapons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H3P_4nymX4