Aikido of Champlain Valley

yokomenuchi iriminage ushiro tenkan/irimi kaiten: aikido basics class, two variations from one attack. Join us for introductory workshops this Saturday: https://www.facebook.com/events/1285924890405992?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

In loving memory of Paul Sylvain Sensei on the 30th anniversary of his passing. Demonstration at 1994 USAF Western Region (now Birankai North America ) Summer Camp: Uke Frank Apodaca Sensei Chief Instructor Deep River Aikikai and uke Benjamin Pincus Sensei Chief Instructor Aikido of Champlain Valley

Birankai scholarship fundraiser seminar/going away party for Felix: we raised $1,000 for Birankai Summer Camp scholarships!

Morotedori udegarame/kokyuho variations, Saturday morning intermediate class at Aikido of Champlain Valley in Burlington, Vermont USA for a longer video, visit https://youtu.be/BN-ggoCuchM?si=uPckRYw1nI76Dy8H

katate eridori ikkyo: collar grab in aikido.

Heidi Albright Sensei demonstrating ai hamni katatedori iriminage ura waza variation.

Jodori (staff taking) tsuki and jonage (nage holds jo). Aikido practice nurtures a sense of absence and presence. Through mindful practice, we discover absence - the relaxation of tension and the concomitant freedom and sensitivity that comes from this release, and in turn we experience the presence of contraction, action and release of contained energy. Absence and presence are principles that are internal and instrinsic to being and movement; it isn't an abstract thought, but reflects the natural order of things. The inhalation and exhalation, release and contraction of muscles in turn reflects the eternal flux of the phenomenal world - the evaporation and precipitation of water, the rythm and pulse of the heart, or the flapping wings of the raven. We want to make our practice as natural and spontaneous as the breath of a baby and the movement of wind.