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Video Clips |
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Frank Doran, 7th Dan, and Bernice Tom, 6th Dan - Taijutsu and Weapons
practices |
AikidoKids
is proud to offer the complete
clip content of the "Aikido
Interactive" CD-Rom
originally created by Dave Goldberg, now Chief Instructor of
Aikido of Mission Valley.
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© 1995 Dave
Goldberg |
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Teaching Resources |
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Aviv Goldsmith Sensei, 5th Dan, founder of Aikido in Fredericksburg,
organized the first ever "Teaching Aikido to Children" Seminar. 10
presenters, 40 participants, and inspiring for everyone.
AikidoKids.com is honored to host various teaching materials presented
at this event, and would happily host similar materials from other
sources. |
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Teaching Materials |
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Aiki Taiso and Aiki
Taiso Variations - A helpful listing of traditional
class warm up exercises with all the proper Japanese names. |
Sharon Seymore |
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Martial Arts Creed for
Children - Great for the dojo bulletin board |
© 2002 Mark Larson |
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Martial Arts Creed author Mark Larson & son, 21 months old,
training in Japan in 2002. |
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Technique Spiral - Simple
way to plan out what to do each class |
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SHAPE, White Book is an activity and coloring book based on
Aikido principles for children age 4 to 8. An expansive treasure
chest of creative ideas and stories, this book helps children learn
about the power of shaping themselves while enjoying the vibrant
experience of their whole being.
About the author/illustrator: Michelle Manger Keip, RN has been
teaching life skills and training in the martial arts since 1976.
She holds a Nidan in Aikido, is a certified instructor with Kidpower
International and the Creative Director of Wellspring Aikido Arts.
To order her book or for more information write: info@wellspringai.com |
Michelle Manger Keip |
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Writings |
Author |
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Aikido Today Magazine "Kids and Aikido" Columns
posted here
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Robert Kent |
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Egbert is a pretty normal kid with a not so normal name. A name
he blames for being teased and getting into fights at school. Just
as he's about to get the #$%& beaten out of him on the way home
by three bullies, he's rescued by a girl. A girl who tells to bullies
to leave Egbert alone, and tosses them gently aside until they leave.
A girl who takes Aikido. . .
The Transformation of Egbert
is one of several books available for download as pdf files at The
Listening Institute website (www.extraordinarylistening.com) |
Richard Moon |
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The day after the WTC attack, Lance
Morrow, writing for Time Magazine, published an editorial, titled
"The Case for Rage" that called for us to respond with
a sustained hatred and a brutal military strike. This
essay is my response. |
Robert Kent |
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Aikido
West requires Ni Dan candidates submit a brief
essay on an Aikido-related topic. As a former English teacher,
I've always been fascinated by how the stories we tell shape who
we are and the world we live in. |
Robert Kent |
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Technique Spiral
- Not an essay, but a simple list of techniques used to simplify
lesson planning, especially in dojos with more than one instructor.
Eight days of techniques last a month if there are two classes per
week, and the list, when repeated each subsequent month, allows
students to return to techniques each time with a little bit more
experience and confidence. |
Robert Kent |
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Images and
Galleries |
Artist |
Our 4th 24-Hour Gasshuku - this time held at Aikido of Berkeley,
welcomed 45 people onto the mat - 6 instructors, several parents,
and kids from 8 different Bay Area dojos. |
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image by Martha Kops |
Kid's participating in Adult General Class - part of the 2nd 24-Hour
Kid-Energy Gasshuku at Aikido West. I particularly like the "stillness
in the midst of movement" quality of the image. Cyndy Hayashi Sensei,
6th
dan,
is shown teaching. |
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©2004 Bob Burkhalter, Aikido West |
click on any photo to see AikidoKids.com and Aikido West's Fall
24-Hour Gasshuku Photo Gallery |
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all photos ©2003 Bob
Burkhalter, Aikido West |
click on photo to see Aikido Northwest Kid's Leadership Camp photo
gallery |
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© 2003 Bruce Foster, Aikido Northwest |
Cornelia Baumgartner of KidPower in New Zealand sends us this photo
to prove how intense training can be when you take it outside the
dojo. Let's hope the water wasn't TOO cold. |
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© 2004 Cornelia Baumgartner |
Kid's class Stocking Stuffing Party at Nashville Aikikai - which
donates stockings every Christmas to a local Head Start program. |
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© 2002 Mark Miller, Nashville Aikikai |
click on photo for larger image |
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© 2002 Shari Dyer, Aikido of Diablo Valley |
click on link for comic |
Simon is a 14 year old Aikido student in New Zealand, and has
been training for about six years. He recently started producing
a comic strip featuring AikidoMan.
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Simon Hartman
(who would love to hear what you think of his comic strip)
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