Aikido
The war of the stances, Part 2 – Aikido…
With the ‘harmonising spirit’ mindset of the Aikido student, a stance won’t be to hold on to the ground, or hold the territory they stand upon. Theirs is the art of continuous movement. Although the shapes they put their legs into, when learning a stance, can appear very similar to the shapes the Karate student’s learn, there the similarity ends. Aikido is very much the art of transitions. The student moves through stances, (footwork.) but Read more…