by aikidogyodokan.com | Dec 11, 2025 | Blog, Cathy Okada
An end-of-year reflection, by Cathy Okada “I felt more out of control.” A student had just provided the right kind of energy as uke to her training partner, no pulling back and no rushing ahead. As a result, she took some good ukemi and paradoxically was more in...
by aikidogyodokan.com | Sep 12, 2025 | Blog, Cathy Okada
Written by Cathy Okada In the West (or at least in the UK) we all know what a sensei looks like; an elderly Asian man with a white beard. Mr Miyagi and Pai Mei spring to mind. And of course Ueshiba Morihei, O Sensei himself. People are so fixed on O Sensei’s...
by aikidogyodokan.com | Mar 23, 2025 | Blog, Cathy Okada
Picture: Cathy Okada & Ivan Melo at Kōshōji in Uji, in 2023 on the anniversary of their Jukai ceremony. Written by Cathy Okada “Very great congratulations on your Jukai and really happy to join you on the Way without beginning or end!” A zen teacher and...
by aikidogyodokan.com | May 2, 2024 | Cathy Okada
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)...
