The Aiki Academy http://theaikiacademy.com Aikido Kenkyukai - International Aikido Research Group Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en About Us http://theaikiacademy.com/2006/03/28/about-us/ http://theaikiacademy.com/2006/03/28/about-us/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:23:53 +0000 andrew About Us http://aikido.redemption.co.nz/?p=27 Aikido Kenkyukai International

“Gather your partner. Simply move together.” - Takeda-shihan.

The Aikido Academy

Aikido was devised as a way to deal with attacks without counter-attacking. Physically it teaches harmonious technique. Mentally it is about centering and extending power. Spiritually it is an art of letting go.

Aikido ultimately goes beyond these three dimensions, though. It makes it possible to explore realms of experience that cannot be described.

The Aikido Academy is part of Aikido Kenkukai International (AKI). Its members conduct aikido research (kenkukai) in close collaboration with Yoshinobu Takeda, 8th dan, and his senior students. The spirit of AKI is mirrored in the kakejiku (scroll) given to the Aikido Academy by Takeda-shihan. Rather than the three characters that comprise aikido, this scroll has only two kanji (chinese characters): ai, which means harmony, and ki, which means spirit. The third character, do, is deliberately omitted, since AKI students are encouraged to find their own way by researching aikido communally for themselves.

Instructor

The Aikido Academy was established by Ralph Pettman in 2006. He has practised aikido for nearly 40 years. In 2007 he was awarded a 6th Dan from the Honbu in Japan. Currently based in Melbourne, Australia, he also trains as regularly as he can with the AKI club that he founded in Wellington, in New Zealand, in 1994.

]]> http://theaikiacademy.com/2006/03/28/about-us/feed/ Contact Us http://theaikiacademy.com/2006/03/20/contact-us/ http://theaikiacademy.com/2006/03/20/contact-us/#comments Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:45:30 +0000 andrew Contact Us http://aikido.redemption.co.nz/?p=29 If you have any questions about Aikido or the Aikido Academy please contact Ralph.

rpettman@unimelb.edu.au
Ph: +61-3-9639 6123 (h) Mob: 040 695 4638

If you are interested in doing Aikido please come along to one of our research sessions. They are currently at Fitroy Gardens (just south of the Conservatory), East Melbourne, on Wednesdays at 5pm and Sundays at 10am.

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