What Is An Aikido Test Testing?
Image: Lining up to prepare for our last tests October 23, 2023 With our tests one week away, and with rich memories of Birankai summer...
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deborahfisherastro
May 36 min
Transmit or Transform
Image: My teacher, Ryugan Savoca Shihan, doing something that looks far more violent than it is It’s time to revisit the overly broad...
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deborahfisherastro
Apr 175 min
Training For The Benefit Of All
Image: Spring sesshin with Rev. Komyo Seido at Brooklyn Aikikai, April 2024 It’s time to revisit the topic of the year–this notion that...
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deborahfisherastro
Jan 233 min
Defining Budo, Part 1
Image: O Sensei, in a pose that reminds me that the goal is not rigor for its own sake This year, the dojo is reflecting on aikido as...
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deborahfisherastro
Sep 26, 20232 min
Preparing For Tests
Deborah about an hour into her nidan test Credit: Sean McNintch Our first tests as a dojo are a month away, and I want to concretize a...
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deborahfisherastro
Jul 3, 20236 min
Do Not Waste Time
Even when you are uncertain, do not use this one day wastefully. It is a rare treasure to value. Do not compare it with an enormous...
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deborahfisherastro
May 24, 20236 min
The Role of Fear
Image: T.K. Chiba Shihan, whose relationship with fear is very interesting to me, but I have never directly experienced it. I’ve been...
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deborahfisherastro
May 10, 20234 min
The Role of Injury and Pain in Training
Image: Seiichi Sugano Shihan, as I knew him, teaching after an amputation below the knee Seiichi Sugano Shihan (1939-2010), an important...
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deborahfisherastro
Mar 3, 20233 min
A Dojo Of Beginners
Right now, the wonderful opportunity and interesting limitation of our community is that everybody is very new to aikido. This is how I...
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