In a comment relating to my last blog Gary wrote: Allen As parts of a whole we as individual parts have self-awareness….at what point does that self-awareness create the illusion of separation? When does individuality separate mind from body and self from the universe? Gary · March 25, 2020 at Read more…
Last week I worked twelve hour days all week. By Friday I had a migraine and felt hot when I got to bed. So … no time for blogging or video. Also, Friday I had to take my computer in to have the hard drive replaced. Normally I’d do this Read more…
Good Day, I recently ran across an informative and entertaining article on Tensegrity and I thought you might enjoy it while you are waiting for my next blog post (which I am working on presently.) Here you go: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a31932446/string-table/ I hope you enjoy it. See you next time! ~ Allen
Hello Wonderful True Aiki Readers, Recently I received a wonderfully inspirational letter from a friend. He had an epiphany that he was both excited about and wished to share. This individual is unique in that he has reached the highest levels inboth most respected of the “hard sciences” and the “soft sciences.” Read more…
After I video TDD #13, I will have introduced all of the basic Tandokudosa exercises. But wait, there’s more! Yes, Shirata sensei had a series of solo Ken exercises and Jo exercises too. My present thought is to introduce those as well, along with taking a look at “standard” Aiki Read more…
Hi Folks!, Bad News: My school district just went on Spring Break a week early due to Pandemic. Time will tell if I go back after two weeks or if we will still be in “social isolation” and I’ll start teaching online. Good News: I have two weeks when barring Read more…
Here is an introduction to Tandokudosa 11 and 12. I’ll probably re-film and re-publish this later. But for now, this gives an idea of what is involved. You’ll notice that the center camera is crystal clear. Thank you to my Patreon and Paypal supporters for providing the means with which Read more…
Hi Folks, I re-filmed TDD 11 & 12 and am presently going through the steps of encoding the video so that I can edit it, encode it again for export and then post it. Cross your fingers! Allen
Hi Folks, Let’s start with the bad news: As I posted last time I finished filming TDD 11&12. The bad news is that the right and left camera’s shot just fine, but the main center camera (supposedly my best camera) shot the entire thing in a blur! I thought about Read more…
Finished filming, beginning editing. Stay tuned! Allen