Nyheder - seminar

Aikido Summerseminar 2012 in Denmark with Doshu, Yoshigasaki Sensei

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:00:35 +0200

You are hereby invited to our biannual summer seminar with Sensei.
Like last time the venue is in the village of "Store Heddinge", in the heart of Stevns, about 50 km south of Copenhagen.
In between classes, you can enjoy walks in the forest at Stevns cliffs, the blue lakes of Faxe or just go to the beach.

There are train connections from Copenhagen to Store Heddinge, and the Motorway E47 passes nearby.

Venue:
Stevnshallen
Parkvej 3, 4660 Store Heddinge

We will be staying at a hostel 100m from there:
Danhostel – Store Heddinge
Ved Munkevænget 1, 4660 Store Heddinge

A small, good quality hostel, with rooms for 4-6 people, and three meals a day (meat/veggie).
OBS! only space for 55 people at Danhostel, but there are more option, see below or mail!

It is also possible to stay at camping nearby (8 and 14 km!):
www.rodvigcamping.dk www.stevnscamping.dk

There is also good "Bed & Breakfast" very close to the hostel, please email for details!

Registration to michael@toitsu.dk, before June 1./or special price, save 15 € by reg. & pay the seminar fee before April 1.
Please write "summerseminar 2012" in subejct of email!

Doshu, Yoshigasaki Sensei in Mestre-Venice 2012

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:00:46 +0100

In 2012 - Doshu is making seminar in Mestre Venice, Italy!
Please download the poster and register :-)

Juleseminar i Januar med Carsten Møller Sensei .

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:30:12 +0100

Læs mere på Københavner dojo'en hjemmeside :-)

9.30 - 10.30 Instruktører 10.30 - 12.00 Alle
14.00 - 15.00 Instruktører 15.00 - 16.30 Alle 16.30 - 17.30 Gradueringer
Efter gradueringerne er der lidt hygge med øl/vand og lidt til.
Priser:
almene klasser 150.-/ 75,-
instruktør klasser 150,-/75,-

Christmas seminar with jo & Kenkodo + Party

Sat, 3 Dec 2011 10:00:47 +0100

Seminar med Michael - Tema seminar med fokus på Jo og Kenkodo.

Lørdag den 3. december 2011.

Se poster her :)

Aikido på finsk!

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:00:44 +0100

Jeg har tænkt mig at tage en Aikido expedition til Helsinki den 11.11.11 til 13.11.11 Beppe Sensei skal undervise der!

Dojo'en i Helsinki

Hvis nogen har lyst til at tage med
saa skriv tilbage - evt. paa:

helsinki2011@toitsu.dk :-)

kihi
michael

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Examination pensum - pdf & video

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:43:50 +0200

Link til gradueringer (kun for medlemmer) mail for kode til videoerne:

These are just walk-throughs - not real examinations - so counting and other stuff may differentiate.

http://vimeo.com/michido/5kyu-sept-2011-cph

http://vimeo.com/michido/4kyu-sept-2011-cph

http://vimeo.com/michido/3kyu-sept-2011-cph

http://vimeo.com/michido/2kyu-sept-2011-cph

http://vimeo.com/michido/1kyu-sept-2011-cph

Link til de nyeste Pensum & Tsuzukiwaza i pdf (16/9-2011:

Gradueringspensum

Tsuzukiwaza

Intro for nye hver mandag.

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 21:00:48 +0200

Vi optager løbende nye -

Der er intro hver mandag fra kl. 18:50 til 20
Når man har været til min 3 x intro - kan man også træne om onsdagen kl. 19 til 20:20

For helt nye koster 100 kr ialt for de 3 gange, som også gælder som indmeldelse, hvis man forsætter :-)

Tilmeld dig her!

Danske Bank.
Reg. 1551 kontonr. 16589411

Seminar med Doshu, Yoshigasaki Sensei - 16.-18. sept. i Kbh.

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:00:19 +0200

3 lørdage i januar

Sat, 8 Jan 2011 15:52:10 +0100

Begynderintro afholder vi 3 lørdage i januar fra kl. 10 til 11 - det er åbent for helt nye og for nuværende medlemmer som max har 5. kyu.

Lørdagene er den den 8.,15. og 22. januar 2011 - herefter kan de nye træne på de alm hold.

For helt nye koster 100 kr ialt for de 3 gange, som også gælder som indmeldelse, hvis man forsætter :-)

Tilmeld dig her!

Våben lejr i Gladsaxe

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:00:08 +0200

Write to me for info in English if you are in Denmark on the 4th. of September :-)
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Lørdag den 4. septembter holder vi lejr i Gladsaxe (! Det bliver mest våben (bokken, jo & tanto) - men sådan at alle, også nye, kan være med!)

10- 12 aikido
Frokost
13-15 aikido

Kl. 15 slutter af med graduering - Helene skal op til 1. dan!

Jeg holder åbent hus bagefter velkommen i min have bagefter.

Se detaljer i plakat :-)

Og meld tilbage på lejr@toitsu.dk så vi ved hvormeget frokost der skal forberedes :-)

Håber der kommer nogen fra alle klubber !

Træning 50 kr
Frokost 50 kr
Aftensmad 50 kr

Kihi
Michael

Ki Aikido Summerseminar - 4.-9. July 2010 With K. Yoshigaski Sensei

Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:00:41 +0200

You are invited to our biannual summerseminar with Sensei, this time in the village Store Heddinge, in the heart of Stevns, about 50 km south of Copenhagen. In between classes, you can enjoy walks in forests, at Stevns cliffs or go to the beach, which all are within 5-8 km from the village.
 There are train connections from Copenhagen to Store Heddinge, and Motorway E47 passes nearby.
 The seminar will take place at:
Stevnshallen
Parkvej 3, 4660 Store Heddinge
 And we will stay at a hostel 100m from there:
Danhostel – Store Heddinge
Ved Munkevænget 1, 4660 Store Heddinge
A small and good quality hostel, with 4-6 persons rooms, and three meals a day (meat/vege).
It is not possible to do camping at the area, but nearby (8 and 14 km!) there are two camping places:
www.rodvigcamping.dk www.stevnscamping.dk
 Registration, no later than 1. June 2010 to:
Carsten@ki-aikido.dk
Ki og Aikido Dojo, København Studiestræde 32b, 1455 K Danmark - www.ki-aikido.dk

Please download the PDF invitation with schedule and prices:
Ki_Aikido_Summerseminar_2010.pdf

Begynderhold 1. februar 2010

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:00:57 +0100

Gratis prøvetimer i februar måned.
Vi startede nyt begynderkursus mandag den 1. februar kl. 19 på voksenholdet, - meld dig til pr. mail.

OBS! Familieholdet optager nye onsdag den 13. januar kl 17:45.

Klik på plakaten til højre for at se den/download den som pdf.

Yoshigasaki Seminar i København

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:00:23 +0200

20 års Jubilæums Seminar!

I weekenden den 25. september til 27. september er der seminar med Yoshigasaki Sensei i København.
Seminaret er åben for alle.

Download pdf med tider med mere..

Begynderhold 7. september 2009

Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:00:10 +0200

Gratis prøvetimer i september måned.
Vi starter nyt begynderkursus mandag den 7. september kl. 17:45 på børneholdet og kl. 19 på voksenholdet, - meld dig til pr. mail.

OBS! Familieholdet optager nye onsdag den 9. september kl 17:45.

Klik på plakaten til højre for at se den/download den som pdf.

Yoshigasaki Seminar i Schwarzwald

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:00:36 +0200

Fra søndag den 30. august til den 5. september er der seminar med Yoshigasaki Sensei i Herzogenhorn / Schwarzwald i sydtyskland - Det skulle være et meget smukt området seminaret bliver afholdt i !!
Jeg håber vi er en flok der kan tage derned :)

Seminaret er åben for alle.

Klik for pdf med flere omlysninger - på 3 forskellige sprog!:

English poster - Italien poster - German poster

Begynderhold 20. april 2009

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:00:02 +0200

Nu starter vi nyt begynderhold igen - meld dig til pr. mail.

Klik på plakaten til højre for at se den/download den som pdf.

Du kan stadig nå at hoppe på eller
mail for at få oplysninger om næste hold.

From "How to do" to "What to do" and from doing to being, by Yoshigasaki Sensei, 2008

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:42:34 +0100

From "How to do " to "What to do" and from doing to being

Modern science is based on the philosophy of “How to do”. Scientists do not question what to do but just how to do something. This philosophy also influences the people in industrialized countries and they stop asking the question what should they do but just ask how to do what they want. This philosophy is not very good for life nor for the world because then people do stupid things and create more problems in their lives and also in the world.

However when you really start thinking what you should do, you often do not find what you should do except for daily necessities. You do not find anything extraordinary. That is why you change to thinking about how to do what you want. Here you are again using material logic. In material logic you must find a goal as big and as far in the future as possible in order to make an effort to achieve it. In life it is not like this. You just have to know what you should do today. It is not necessary to know what to do tomorrow. However, if you do what you should do every day, you will achieve a great life in the end. This is the logic of life.

Knowing what to do today does not mean you should forget about tomorrow. You must imagine what will happen tomorrow. It is good to imagine what will happen after you die. You should have a lot of imagination about the future and yet you do not have to know what to do tomorrow. You just have to know what to do at this moment.

It is necessary to remember that the majority of people in the world are just busy doing what they should do in order to live their daily lives. Even in industrialized countries it was like that until one hundred years ago. These days we can live quite comfortably without working but it is only because we use petrol and gas. Without petrol and gas, every one must work much harder just to live their daily lives. Even poor people in Europe are living with more comfort than kings and queens in 18 th century.

It is true that we do not have to work so much in order to live our daily lives because we have gas and electricity which do most of the work. We have a lot of spare time. So when you have nothing to do, you must start Being. You must keep a physically good posture with calm breathing and do meditation. Keep this meditation while you do what is necessary to live your daily life. Then you start to find what you should do in your life.

The important point is Being creates Doing. This is how life is made. In material science doing creates being. You do something to create a material accomplishment. In life being in a good posture creates what you should do in life.

Kast konflikterne på måtten

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:57:29 +0100

Læs artiklen om konflikthåntering fra Magasinet Arbejdsmiljø, med Helene

Se som pdf

Cleaning, by Yoshigasaki Sensei, 2008

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:22:19 +0100

Cleaning is one of the most important traditions of Japanese culture. In Europe rich people had servants to clean and so cleaning is considered to be a low status job. I noticed that some Europeans refuse to clean because it is humiliating for them. They do not mind cooking and making or repairing things but they do not want to clean.
European climate is basically hot and dry in summer and cold and humid in winter. This climate is not very favorable for bacteria so cleaning was not so important for health. That is why the purpose of cleaning in Europe is to make things look nice or to be more pleasant.
Japanese climate is basically hot and wet in summer and cold and dry in winter. This climate is very good for bacteria and small insects to grow in summer, and even in winter viruses and the dead bodies of bacteria and small insects can still cause problems. That is why the purpose of cleaning in Japan was to create a good environment for health. That is why all Japanese including poor people had to clean. The difference in purpose also created a different method of cleaning.
In the spiritual tradition of Japanese culture, cleaning inside oneself is called MISOGI and it is one of the main purposes of meditation. It corresponds to European psychotherapy but with a different theory and methods.
There are many ways of MISOGI but one of them is cleaning the house or dojo by hand. It is very important to clean by hand with a damp cloth. There are several reasons for it.
There is a common idea that Europe developed dualism. Dualism means yes/no, good/bad, plus/minus, positive/negative, etc. Almost all Japanese people think that this dualism can cause conflict inside and outside oneself and they try to find a solution by unification. The typical idea is, «The absolute universe is One. Then two opposing forces created the relative world of dualism.» This shows the typical mistake of most Japanese and Chinese philosophy. This mistake is a very profound mistake which should be pointed out and corrected.
It is true that dualism causes unnecessary conflict and misunderstanding but the solution is not unification. Dualism is based on the cartesian coordinate system. If you make a straight line and put one point on the line, you call the right side of the point plus and the left side minus. This is the basic mathematical expression of dualism. Then +1 -1 = 0 and -(-)1 = +1 This logic came into our language. Not good means bad. Not bad means good. This is the problem of dualism.
In the real world there are three categories, bad, not bad and not good, and good. That is why not bad does not mean good in the real world. Not good also does not mean bad. You can see that our language is already based on dualism.
There is an idea of hygiene. It means to get rid of things which are bad for health. This idea of hygiene is also based on dualism. They think that they can create a good environment by getting rid of bad things. They use the logic of NOT BAD means GOOD. It surely is important to get rid of bad things but that is not enough. We have to create a good environment.
Life is basically chemistry. It has to be noted that Science first developed with chemistry. It is only after Newton that physics became the basis of modern science. These days chemistry is also based on physics. However real chemistry is independent of physics. It is a big mistake of modern science that everything should be justified by physics. Chemistry is based on IONS. Most life is based on water ions. Water becomes ionized very easily and that is why water is the basis of life. 2H2O becomes H3O+ and OH-. When there are a lot of water ions in the air, it promotes good health. So the basic way of creating a good environment is to create more water ions.
Correct humidity is important for forming water ions. If the air is too dry, there are less water ions. If the air is too humid, water particles in the air make a big ball and so there is less surface area in contact with the air, resulting in less ions. The best humidity is between 50 and 70 percent.
The second factor is the material inside the house. The materials which let water come in and go out are wood and plaster. These two materials were used for houses all over the world. When humidity is high, they absorb water and when the air is dry, they give water to the air. When wood or plaster give water to air, they also create water ions. That is why wood and plaster are very good for health. Plastic often gives a chemical vapour which is bad for health. Metal gives almost no chemical vapour so metal is not bad but not good either.
The third factor is wind. When there is enough humidity in the air, wind can break the balls of water particles and thus create ions. This is why wind is agreeable when the humidity is high.
The fourth factor is cleaning with a damp cloth by hand. The friction of a damp cloth on the surface of any material creates ions. It is important that the cloth is not too wet. You have to squeeze the cloth very strongly to get any extra water out of it. Then it is important to wipe the surface with enough force to break the water balls. The normal European way of using a wet cloth on a long stick to clean the floor is useless because the cloth is too wet and there is not enough friction. Very often you have to use a chemical product to get rid of dirt and that chemical product is often bad for health. That is why you have to use only water and wipe vigorously with your hands. You also have to use both hands to get rid of extra water in the cloth. This is the traditional Japanese way and it is quite correct scientifically.
It is true that the European climate is so nice that this Japanese way of cleaning is not absolutely necessary. Still it is always better to create a good environment for health. Cleaning by hand also gives an opportunity for meditation. This is MISOGI by cleaning.
Doshu (2008)

The Real meaning of Otomo, by Yoshigasaki Sensei, 2008

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:07:35 +0100

The Real meaning of Otomo
Otomo is a Japanese tradition among martial arts masters. It is very often confused with Uchideshi (private disciple) because it is often one of the Uchideshi who performs Otomo. Otomo is usually considered as a training method for Uchideshi. It is to take care of the master just like a servant.
However there is a deeper meaning to the practice of Otomo. Martial arts masters often had enlightenment in meditation. Enlightenment means that one becomes conscious of one's inner world and understands that watching one's inner world is the only way to develop one's life with truth. Some dancers, painters, actors, musicians and meditation practitioners achieved this state. Watching one's inner world gives such a feeling of well-being that one does not desire any friendship or socialisation. One only enjoys his job of art performance or teaching besides basic life activities like eating, drinking, sex, taking a walk, etc. This can create a misunderstanding with other people because of the lack of friendship or social life. People may consider this as being cold or impolite. That is why a master needs an Otomo, a person who can make a bridge between the master and other people.
A master is not interested in social conversation but he is always ready to teach or to answer questions. The presence of an Otomo prevents social conversation but gives the possibility for asking questions. Many dinners continue with social conversation of one or two hours. The Otomo can take the master home without bothering people who are enjoying social conversation.
Naturally the Otomo can also practise meditation in daily life while he/she is with the master. It is not important whether one is enlightened or not because no one knows why enlightenment happens nor how to enlighten others. The important thing is to understand life after enlightenment. All philosophers and artists end up in a way of life which is in the direction of life after enlightenment. That shows that the life after enlightenment is the natural goal for all human development. Here lies the value of enlightenment and meditation.
Doshu (2008)