Rule one: Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men.
Posted in Aikido on Aug 30th, 2007
Testing appears to be focused on the candidate performing techniques however, it seems to me that a greater emphasis is often placed on the art of ukemi in regular training.
As far as I am concerned, when taking ukemi for someone who is grading, one should make every effort to give the candidate as much to […]
I have just listened to a pension presentation regarding my employers stakeholder pension scheme. This has drawn may attention to the fact that, like many 30-somethings today, I do not have a pension. I also do not own a property, nor can I currently afford to buy one.
The average property price for a semi-detached house […]
Posted in social on Aug 13th, 2007
Exeter Cathedral has a large green which they often use for public events, craft fairs, fireworks displays etc. (Let’s not go into the recent chopping down of 7 mature trees here). However, it is within this Cathedral that we see tolerance for ‘the bazaar‘. (Also the bizarre but that’s the nature of organised religion.)
Contrast this […]
Posted in human potential on Aug 2nd, 2007
How often are we really ‘in the present’?
This sounds like it’s going to be some new age, flopsy bunny crap, but I assure you there is no chanting, crystals, rebirthing etc involved.
What this is about it how to use daily events to bring your awareness back to the present.
Here is an example:
I was at work, […]