Colombian Federation of Aikido - A test of union, cooperation and direct relationship with the Aikikai Hombu Dojo and the IAF
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- Written by Irina Gaspar
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Aikido has been practiced in Colombia for more than a quarter of a century, yet not within a national organized environment. However, the need and the benefits of a unification came in sight more and more. Here is a short history of how the Colombian Federation of Aikido was founded and the joy it brought, written by the President of the Colombian Federation himself (Spanish version below).
40 years of Aikido in Norway
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- Written by Irina Gaspar
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One’s beginnings are often full of energy and overwhelming enthusiasm and on rare occasions, those early footsteps can even make history. It is however precisely what happened to the small number of people who built the basis of Aikido in Norway and who recently celebrated their 40 years anniversary. We attended this special seminar and had the pleasure of listening to Bjorn Eirik Olsen, a 7th Dan Shihan talking about how Aikido started to be practiced in his country.
Transmitting the Aikido Spirit to Children: A perspective from Renato Filippin Shihan
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- Written by Vaness Radd
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The next IAF Children and Youth Aikido Seminar will be held in the Netherlands in November. To share best practices, we thus kickstart a series of articles with this first feature on the running of an Aikido program for children by Filippin Renato shihan and his wife Amadea Thoma at their dojo in St. Gallen, tucked in the mountainous region of Switzerland.
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All Japan Aikido Demonstrations 2017
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- Written by Guillaume Erard
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The 55th edition of the All Japan Aikido Demonstrations took place at the Nippon Budokan last Saturday. Please enjoy this playlist featuring videos of the most exciting Aikido event of the year! We will keep adding more videos as we edit them.
Aikido Gender Day, celebrated in Europe
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- Written by Irina Gaspar
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Equality on tatami, leadership and self-confidence were the key points of the Aikido Gender Day that was celebrated in Nederlands, with the participation of practicioners, both women and men, from Switzerland, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Norway and, of course, The Netherlands.
Aikido practice in life and leadership
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Aikido, as a martial art, is also a good study of energy, yours and your opponent’s, and in a larger context can be applied to life and leadership. You may already be practicing some of the skills mentioned in this article; a mental-physical practice like aikido can help you to fine tune these skills further.
12th IAF Congress: Classes Highlights
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- Written by Guillaume Erard
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We went back to the footage that we shot during the 12th International Aikido Federation Congress in Takasaki and thought that you might enjoy seeing some excerpts of the classes. Here is the Youtube playlist where we will post this content as it is being sorted.
Kagami Biraki 2017
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The Kagami Biraki ceremony 2017 took place last Sunday at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. The International Aikdio Federation would like to sincerely congratulate all the people who were promoted this year!
Gender Balance Aikido Event
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The International Aikido Federation Gender Balance working group presents its first up-coming event in spring 2017. On the 12th of March, Arnhem, a beautiful city in the eastern part of Nederland, will host a seminar, a forum and a leadership workshop for promoting the gender equality.
IAF representatives at World Combat Games meeting in Lausanne
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- Written by Irina Gaspar
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The SportAccord International Federations Forum was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, during the 9th – 11th of November 2016. International Aikido Federation was represented by Kei Izawa, IAF Chairman, and Wilko Vriesman, IAF General Secretary. The theme of the Forum this year was "The Power of Sport to Drive World Health". The topic has a great relevance to Aikido. The health benefits of this martial art are well known. This theme has quite a potential for Aikido and IAF will explore it more as how to make it part of its goals and objectives.
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12th IAF Congress Demonstrations
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- Written by Guillaume Erard
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We are pleased to be able to share with you the playlist of the videos shot during the 12th International Aikido Congress featuring outstanding demonstrations that were offered by some of the world's top Aikido practicioners.
