London & Hove Shodokan Aikido Festival 2011

Pictures from Sunday session of the L&H Aikido Festival. Sorry we couldn’t do pics from the Saturday. We were all rather busy bouncing around!

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Competition in Aikido

CLShodokan Sensei’s view on Competition; The word ‘Competition’ is an insufficient way to explain what happens when two individuals/ groups meet in a Shodokan Aikido tournament. Most of the time, these groups have trained using the same syllabus and under the same senior instructors. There is also an understanding of etiquette, respect and common skills being honed, implicit in our...

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Movember, Grow your Mo, Grow your Mo!

”Let’s face it, men are known to be more indifferent towards their health, especially when compared to the efforts of women, who proactively and publicly address their health issues in a way not traditionally seen with men. As a result, today the levels of awareness, understanding and funding for support of male health issues, like prostate cancer, lag significantly behind causes such as...

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Michael McCavish @Shodokan South East

A set of YouTube video’s of Michael Sensei/ Scott and myself training with Shodokan Aikido South East.

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Sporting skills help in everyday life

Found these whilst browsing through Men’s Health Aug 2011 Sporting skills help in everyday life Increasing physical activity helps you think faster. Scientists asked a group of athletes and non-athletes to cross a busy ‘virtual’ street while on a treadmill. The athletes looked around more, processed information quicker and were best at getting across unharmed. This ability is...

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