De Tanabe a Ealing

De Tanabe a Ealing

Breve História e contexto cultural do Aikido e a linhagem Gyodokan. Por Ivan Melo (31.03.2024) Criado no Japão por Morihei Ueshiba, um dos maiores expoentes das artes marciais, o Aikido é uma arte profundamente japonesa. Parece óbvio, mas para apreciar o que essa...
Kenshō- Seeing One’s True Nature

Kenshō- Seeing One’s True Nature

Pictured: “Kenshō” Shodo piece by Ivan Melo on Gyodokan Kamiza. About our new dojo calligraphy piece​. by Ivan Melo (18.04.2024) This week our dojo got a new calligraphy piece for the kamiza, the altar to which we face at the beginning and ending of every...
Aikido, Gardening and Teaching

Aikido, Gardening and Teaching

Picture: John Humphris and Cathy Okada, Nishinomiya 1989. A tribute to my late Grandad. by Cathy Okada. Originally shared 11.04.2024 During lockdown in late 2019, a family member revealed a cool fact of my family ancestry- we are descendants of Mototsugu (Goto)...
Bag of Rocks

Bag of Rocks

Picture above: “wa” or “harmony”. Shodo piece by Ivan Melo. About Aikido training, harmony, and transformation. by Ivan Melo (31.03.2024) The art we have chosen to learn, is or has the potential to be a multilayered and multidimensional...
De Tanabe a Ealing

From Tanabe to Ealing

The cultural and historical context of Aikido and Gyodokan’s lineage. Originally posted 31.03.2024 Created in Japan by Morihei Ueshiba, one of the highest exponents of martial arts, Aikido is a deeply Japanese art. It sounds obvious, but to appreciate what that...