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Deshis at the US Aikido Federation Summer Camp 2017

February 12, 2018 by Javier Domínguez Leave a Comment
Shihonage!

    (All photographs Copyright © Javier Domínguez, 2017)

Posted in: Seminars Tagged: aikido, deshi, photo gallery, Summer Camp, ukemi

Sugano Sensei

July 21, 2017 by Javier Domínguez 5 Comments
Sugano Sensei

At the beginning, I didn’t get him. His aikido was different, so different from what I had seen in those early years practicing aikido. And I had barely heard of him. When I took my first class with him, I was there, at the New York Aikikai, to train as an uchi-deshi under Yamada Sensei. Oh, how things … [Read more…]

Posted in: New York Aikikai Tagged: iriminage, nidan, Sugano Sensei, test

Deshis at the US Aikido Federation Summer Camp 2016

August 22, 2016 by Javier Domínguez Leave a Comment
Deshis at the USAF 2016 Summer Camp

(All photographs Copyright © Javier Domínguez, 2016)

Posted in: Seminars Tagged: deshi, photo gallery, Summer Camp, Waka Sensei

A Recent Graduate

June 9, 2016 by Javier Domínguez 1 Comment
Sarah's Shodan Test

Getting your Shodan is like being a recent graduate. It is the culmination of a long process of dedicated study. Hours of practice, and lessons learned from your teachers. No wonder we feel so accomplished. The graduate gets a diploma, and a degree. We get a black belt, and a most precious hakama. And, for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Testing Tagged: graduate, shodan, test

The Perfect Uke

February 12, 2016 by Javier Domínguez 23 Comments
New Paltz Seminar

At some point in my practice I decided I wanted to be the perfect uke. I’m still far from reaching that goal (very far); but, that thought helped me change the way I was training – for the better, I think. Now, it begs the question of what the definition of a perfect uke is. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uke Tagged: connection, following, uke, ukemi

Student Etiquette 201

August 22, 2015 by Javier Domínguez 5 Comments
Before Class

This is not your basic level etiquette in Aikido article. There are already many such articles devoted to its basics. I want to go a step deeper, if you will. Consequently, ‘201’. Etiquette is no other thing than manners. Each society has its own rules of propriety. Burping during dinner could be seen as disgusting or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Etiquette Tagged: etiquette

Deshis at the US Aikido Federation Summer Camp 2015

August 14, 2015 by Javier Domínguez Leave a Comment
Peter Bernath class

  (All photographs Copyright © Javier Domínguez, 2014)

Posted in: Seminars Tagged: deshi, photo gallery, Summer Camp

Deshi Life in Pictures (Part I)

April 23, 2015 by Javier Domínguez 1 Comment
Deshi teaching a beginner

Living as a deshi of a true budo requires dedication. The rewards are immense, though. You can be a live-in deshi (uchi) or a deshi that doesn’t live in the dojo (soto) while you follow this path. Either way, the process doesn’t have to be all sacrifice. You can have fun and camaraderie, too.   (All photographs Copyright … [Read more…]

Posted in: New York Aikikai Tagged: aikido, deshi, sotodeshi, uchideshi

Aikido at the World’s Navel

April 9, 2015 by Javier Domínguez Leave a Comment
Qoricancha, Cusco

We practiced Aikido at 11,800 feet above sea level and on a concrete floor instead of a mat. That’s how we started in September 1997 in what we called the Tenchi Dojo. Our jobs took us there. I was working at the Machu Picchu Program, funded after a debt by nature swap between the Governments … [Read more…]

Posted in: Latin America Tagged: Cusco, Machu Picchu, new dojo, Peru

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