Beebe Brains

Hello to all of you in Aiki land.  I am feeling the psychological pressure of not having produced any video lately.  Specifically, I haven’t finished sharing Shirata’s Tandokudosa.  I could give you my excuses, but I won’t.  Instead I’ll just say that it is on my mind, and I am planning to get back Read more

The pedagogical structure that I learned from Shirata Sensei is great for learning Aiki and Aikido.  It is problematic for teaching high-school and college groups as he did.  And probably disastrous for running a commercial dojo which he did not do.  But then again, Ueshiba Morihei’s art was never really meant for the Read more

The founder said: “Aiki is not the art of fighting with an opponent and defeating an enemy.” Beebe:  With Aiki there is no resistance therefore there can be no fighting.  With no resistance there can be no opponent or opposition.  With no enemy there can be no defeat.  Therefore, Aiki, and the Way of Read more

Hi Folks, This came in my email today: Hello, Introduction to put your dojo on the searchable map. This way it’s possible for Aikidoka’s to find nearby friendly Aikido dojo’s and to expand their Aikido Network. http://aiki-dojo-finder.com/Searchable by dojo name, sensei, weekdays, etc… You can register your dojo(s) (free) using Read more

“Our emotions, mindset, expectations, and the contexts in which our sensations occur all have a profound influence on perception.” My blog “Aikido – The Spiritual Martial Art” attracted a lot of readers. There were more than the usual responses as well. Most seemed to understand the intention of the article, Read more

Fact: The vast majority of those present for Ueshiba Morihei’s lectures had no substantial background in, or extensive knowledge of, the religions that influenced the models Ueshiba used to explain his understandings in the lectures. Fact: The vast majority of those present during Ueshiba Morihei’s lectures admitted that they did Read more

It may sound strange, but what I always liked to see was when things went off of the rails a bit, as opposed to being so tightly pre-established (either previously planned as in a kata or as a result of cultural pre-conditioning). I liked it because especially during those times Read more

I corrected the Netherland’s summer seminar location to Amsterdam. Allen

Hi Folks, I just updated the 2019 seminar schedule calendar. I’ll post other seminars and information as they arise. Thanks!, Allen