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| La Cupola Verde, vista dall'interno della Moschea del Profeta |
['Ali Hafez, Fusūl min Tarikh al-Madinah al-Munawwarah ; pp. 127-8]
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| La Cupola Verde, vista dall'interno della Moschea del Profeta |
A little less than 1500 years after the death of the Prophet - on him be Peace and blessings of God - the Islamic community is thus faced with a great new test. Many Islamic communities - indigenous and / or immigrant - are now firmly established in the West, part of its invaluable support to civil society and its economies, the forms of collaboration and intellectual material, interwoven between Muslims and non-Muslims in Western countries are now numerous, and both are countless people involved in them, both the positive social consequences that they generate. I like to bring this little excerpt of an interview to Hitoiro Saito (even back in 1998) and published in Aikido Journal .
Courtesy: Aikido Journal
Saito tells how life took place in Iwama in the presence of O 'Sensei and how they taught.
Saito points out that O 'Sensei, during the teachings, was very strict, so much to bring this passage:
"(...) he truly instructed in Iwama and was very strict.
He Would Shout, "What kind of kiai is that! Go outside and see if you can down a sparrow with your kiai. "
Or, to someone Applying to yonkyo sloppy, " Go out and try it on a tree! Keep at it till you peel off the bark! "(...)"
( in Italian:" really taught in Iwama, and he used to be very strict. You could hear shouting "What kind of kiai this is! Go out and try to
shoot down a sparrow with your kiai. yonkyo Or who ran a rather lackluster, said: "Go out and try it on a tree! Continue until you can not pull off the bark. ")
We have branches enough to try our yonkyo? :)
We Kiai worthy of the name of our dojo?
The participant anti the previous seminar held in October 2010
The seminar will be held on Sunday 19th, from 15:00 to 18:30, at the gym on a Ego Center Baldasseria Low.
will be an excellent opportunity to close this year together and practicing Aikido, for those who want to conclude with a pizza company.
Aiki greetings.
The City Council began with a discussion of the questions.
Administration Grugliasco, game decided in order to make a new City Hall, he begins to realize that perhaps should retrace their steps. In recent weeks the opposition parties have organized collection of signatures to the market and informed the disbelieving public about the ambitious intentions palaces on the Mayor. In a press release from the PD Grugliasco, after weeks of silence, makes some considerations and proposals. First, states: " € 3 million in a few years here as the technical departments have requested the City Administration to allow the development under current Town Hall . We wonder by what criteria have been made because these calculations, projects in hand, the numbers are different . Preliminary Draft of 24/10/2008 concerning "Adjustment to eliminate architectural barriers town hall." Estimated cost € 518,000. Final design of 28/01/2010 "system interventions and plant construction and upgrading of the town hall square of 66 martyrs n.2. Estimated cost € 668,000. Adding to these figures the € 130,000 provided for in the 2010-2012 multi-annual plan of work for the air conditioning system you get to 1.3 million € . Assuming we still add photovoltaic (however provided for in the € 668,000 project of 2010) and solar and a suitable thermal insulation of the present building can not understand how you can get to 3 million euro.
According to the words of the Mayor, a new city hall would cost around 8 million euro. 4 would be recovered by selling the land of the town hall. They would be to find another 4, which however are more than 3 estimated by the Mayor for the restructuring of the town hall (but has not provided adequate supporting documentation) and are more than 2 to 2.5 that, realistically, could be using those needed the projects.
Chapter location. The statement says the PD: " was then worked on several assumptions localization: one of those close to the Cardinals in the Park area now used in dirt three times a year from the attractions. " The position assumed by the Mayor is inside the park, not near . That area is inside the fence of the park and the Plan classifies as green park. Not to mention that is used by citizens to park during the Saturday market. Grugliaschesi I do not want the green lung of the city is ruined by a building. The vocation of the park is to be green space and sport, not a ground as any to build.
Aldo OLIVERO – Consigliere Comunale PDL – “Il Sindaco ha finalmente capito che è finita l’epoca degli annunci a mezzo stampa e delle decisioni prese nel palazzo. Questa sua prima retromarcia è un successo per tutti noi. Ci confronteremo sulle cifre e sui progetti, ma sulla localizzazione saremo intransigenti . I cittadini che abbiamo incontrato e che stanno firmando la nostra petizione non vogliono assolutamente il municipio in quella posizione.”
Luciano LOPEDOTE - Vicepresidente del consiglio comunale - “ il Sindaco si ricorda oggi che esiste un consiglio comunale? Il Presidente della commissione public works, of his party, did not have time in eight months to convene a committee to talk about this project. The mayor can not ask for help for months after the opposition on this issue did not involve anyone. The season is over and Dr Mazzù his coalition should realize that is not master of the city "
Viorel VINEYARD - City Council PDL - note with pleasure that some members of the PD citizen must have recently seen spiderman they do not know where to climb. Only now are aware of the existence of people and opposition parties? The Mayor was re-elected in 2007 by a program worthy of the best dream book signed Silvan! He wrote to the voters saying "maintain more than building" - and cemented the city, not to mention the heavy fiscal pressure exerted on wages and the big brother that produces electronic municipal coffers an average of 3.5 million € a year! Mazzù take example from his colleagues who have married collegnesi Rivoli and the seat of their municipalities with existing structures. No comment on the figures for the maintenance of the common! If they can disown them even managers who work with us to the theater of the absurd. If the PD believes so much in this madness of shopping for a new town to put the Cardinals nel programma elettorale cosi saranno i cittadini a decidere sul da farsi! La nostra ricetta è più Welfare sperimentale anche per il 2011 e strade riasfaltate! La città ha bisogno di questo!
Il prossimo 20 e 21 novembre alcuni di noi parteciperanno al seminario organized by the maestro of Scacchetti Dojo Martial Arts Novellara and directed by our Technical Director Maestro Alessandro Tittarelli.
Here all the information for the event.
Anyone wishing to join the current group of participants, please let me know in the dojo.
Sayoonara.
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Aikido Koshukai Dentō Iwama Ryu
dal 20-11-10 al 21-11-10 a Novellara (RE)
Maestro Alessandro Tittarelli
7° Dan Aikido (Dentō Iwama Ryu)
DOJO ARTI MARZIALI
Via Provinciale Nord n° 184
Angolo strada boschi
Tel 3358040665
Novellara (RE)
Times
Saturday, November 20, 2010
09,30 - 11,00
11.15 to 12.45
15.30 to 17.00
17.15 to 18.45
Sunday, November 21, 2010
09,30 - 11,00
11.15 to 12.45
Costs:
Koshukai full price: €. 50
Two half days: €. 40
Half day: €. 25
Not all battles are won advancing.
Not all losses are removed.
Advance is a strategy. Retreat is also a strategy.
A retreat must be done in order. Must not always look tidy.
withdrawal and a strategy. Appearances are also in retreat strategy.
(Suzume no kumo - 1600)
Work continues to
After a day seems to work: bag intact and not runny, it does not seem to break and there are no smells.
you up to date in the coming days I will be more fully when the bag!
Carry a very interesting post that I have read with great interest, concerning the role Uke in Aikido:
An unexpected bonus on the mat today: not one, not two, three guest instructors But Arrived on the mat!
The first two Were not unusual. Greg and Shari are two instructors who live in Yakima, WA. They are great folks, and deeply knowledgeable about aikido and martial art training. Greg, in particular, has over three decades of karate experience, and has the dubious honor of beating the heck out of me as I was training. That may sound cruel, but it wasn’t. I refused, for the longest time, to really acknowledge that my uke was trying to attack me. Greg had no problems letting me know that he fully intended to land the punch, kick, or grab. I learned quickly from him how important it was to be ready prior to the attacker’s movements–out of all the lessons I have learned in aikido, I think this was the one I most needed. I am very grateful to him for that.
Another instructor who arrived was Oliver, who is an assistant instructor at a Kokikai dojo in New York. I admit I didn’t recognize Oliver at first–I just knew that, when he stepped into the dojo, that he was somebody who knew where he was and what he was doing. He was great fun to train with–personable and committed in his attacks and throws. He even showed me a great little way of resisting nikkyo–it was not a COMFORTABLE way of resisting it, but it did work, and in a way I did not expect.
As we practiced, I asked Greg if he would share some of his thoughts on training. One of the key elements he mentioned was a very simple one: aikido techniques were designed to deal with someone trying to fight you. This seems blatantly obvious, but it’s important becomes clear when you realize a simple truth:
Most of us, on the mat, aren’t trying to fight. We aren’t even thinking about it.
This is not a good thing. If we aren’t thinking, as ukes, how to fight our opponent, then we are not really doing our job. There is a distinct difference between an uke who is trying to attack in order to fight, and an uke who is trying to attack in order to not fall down. Most people fall into the latter category. This results in ukes attack and “freezing” in ways that are illogical, in attacks that have no power or little meaning. We are, in a very real sense, wasting our nage’s time.
Now, some might immediately counter this idea with several thoughts. For example: often we are studying balance and timing–an uke might be attacking in order to illustrate these points, to help the nage refine his or her technique. Another example: newer students don’t have the reaction time to perform a technique at normal speed; consequently, the uke slows down to provide a better learning environment. These are valid points, but they leave out the fact that you can do all this and still retain the context of a fighting environment. I can attack a white belt, doing so slowly, and still retain the intention to knock them down with my punch. I can help a senior student with their timing by focusing not on their movements, but rather by ensuring that my own attack is focused, clear, and committed.
This is hard for many aikidoka to follow. Most of us, in truth, study aikido because we don’t WANT to fight. But this is not true. What we want, as aikidoka, is to respond to a fight with movements that are more elegant and effective than brute force. To understand how to accomplish this, we need to have uke’s who attack sincerely–otherwise, we have no way of knowing if we’re being effective or not. Without a proper attack, studying aikido is like playing basketball without hoops–you might be going through the motions, but there’s no way to tell if anyone is winning the game.
In other words, to quote a favorite game of mine: “You must fight!”
Post originale: http://aikithoughts.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/day-10-fight/
In fact, among the many articles and writings that can be found on the role of Uke, sometimes treated almost as a metaphysical element, I consider that the role of Uke is important and becomes essential only when he is truly willing to attack.
In this way, "ki" of Uke and Tori (or Nage) can meet and both can feel the "ki no nagare" and the only way you can test the true characteristics of Aikido.
Clearly, however, the intention and energy di Uke deve essere commisurata alla preparazione di Tori, tuttavia non deve mai mancare, nel primo, il focus dell’attacco.
La mancanza di intenzione (ed azione) di Uke porta ad una carenza nella tecnica di Tori.