Aikido Amsterdam

Kids parents class in action: one of the most rewarding classes every week!!

Aikido Team Hanmi Handachi Waza at the World Combat Games 2013 Team Hanmi Handachi Waza by Tom Dijkman & Frank Groenen (Netherlands), Matjaz Zalig & Jasmin Bescevic (Slovenia), Roman Danek & Petra Ticha (Slovakia), Franc...

Memories from seminar in Cluij,

Good memories of the Autumn school 2 years ago.

Memories from 2014 at Hoerikwagoe Aikido in South Africa. Hope everybody is okay and that we can meet again soon

Back on track with our teens !!!

Back in the dojo after the holidays, our teens and adults started already some weeks ago

Documentary about the practice of zazen “Seek nothing, just Sit”

Seek nothing, just sit. This is the zen practice pursued at Antaiji, a Soto school zen temple hidden deep in the mountains of northern Hyogo Prefecture. Residents, including several non-Japanese from abroad, engage in 1,800 hours of zazen sitting meditation per year and lead the self-sufficient lifestyle that is the zen ideal. Growing their own food, engaging in other hard physical labor, and sitting long hours in meditation to clear their minds of idle thoughts, they follow a rigorous practice focused on self-understanding. Among them are young men who question the meaning of life and experience deep distress. What answers will they find? This program follows daily temple practice over the course of a year.

Click here to watch full video Seek nothing, just sit. This is the zen practice pursued at Antaiji, a Soto school zen temple hidden deep in the mountains of northern Hyogo Prefecture. Residents, including several non-Japanese from abroad, engage in 1,800 hours of zazen sitting meditation per year and lead the self-sufficient life...