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Beginners are welcome and encouraged to observe and participate in any of our classes.
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To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is Aikido.
– Morihei Ueshiba
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ROBERT NADEAU Shihan will teach at 1:00 PM this coming Sunday at the Geary Street dojo 784 Geary in SF. Mat Fee is $20. Bring proof of vaccination or - if none- bring your mask!
Here is the information on Wilbert's session tomorrow.![]()
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SUN, APR 10 AT 12 PM PDT![]()
Facebook Live session - Dojo vs Life![]()
Aikido Daily Life Dojo - Online event
Sensei Wilbert Sluiter, 6th dan, has started the Aikido Daily Life Dojo. ![]()
A community of Aikido practitioners, that are interested in exploring how to practically apply the aikido philosophy in our daily life.![]()
It's historical, philosophical and practical value of Aikido outside of the mat. The warrior, monk and human path!![]()
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www.facebook.com/AikidoDailyLifeDojo
www.aikidopetaluma.com
Sensei Wilbert Sluiter, 6th dan, has started the Aikido Daily Life Dojo. A community of Aikido practitioners, that are interested in exploring how to practic
Professor Cheng delivering one of his lectures on the Daxue at 211 Canal St. NY. ![]()
Professor Cheng's Lectures Study Group![]()
Just a reminder that the first meeting of the study group will take place this Friday March 25th 2022 at 7.30 PDT / 10.30 EDT / 15.30 CET / 14.30 GMT / 22.30 CST![]()
We will meet for around 1 hour 30 minutes on the last Friday of the month.![]()
Please see below for details to join Zoom, and note that the link is different from the Wednesday forum.![]()
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Professor Cheng delivered lectures in New York City on two key Confucian texts, the Daxue (Great Learning) and The Doctrine of the Mean (Chongyong), and on Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. He also published a book on the Confucian texts, New Explanation of the Study of the [Doctrine of the] Mean (學 庸 新 解 xue yong xin jie). The first of his lectures in 1971 in New York was on the Daxue. This short but key text, one of the 'four books' of Confucianism, is a good point to begin our study of Professor Cheng's lectures.![]()
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The first meeting will begin with a brief introduction by Barbara Davis on the social and historical position of the Daxue.![]()
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We then plan to watch the short introduction that Professor Cheng gave to the lecture series.![]()
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Daniel Altschuler will then help orient us in Professor Cheng's book and learn how a Chinese classical text is laid out and how to distinguish between primary text and commentary. He will then demonstrate translating using available online dictionaries and working with the first two sentences of the Daxue.![]()
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After this we will look at Natasha Gorky Young's notes from the lecture on these two first sentences.![]()
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A pdf of Professor Cheng's book can be found here (many thanks to Choon Lui Ong):![]()
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Part 1: drive.google.com/file/d/1txwW10jYb-yJqKYX0YCIufpud0Ho7Bg3/view?usp=sharing![]()
Part 2: drive.google.com/file/d/1iB4pH6qmZ4Bsx9udjhU5NvbrNXf3DRWP/view?usp=sharing![]()
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In April we will continue translating the following two sentences of the Daxue and watch Professor Cheng lecturing on these two sentences and read through notes from students who were there.![]()
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And in May we will discuss Professor Cheng's commentary, alternate translations of the Daxue and our interpretations.![]()
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We expect the study group to proceed in this way slowly through the text.![]()
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It will be a work-in-progress figuring out how to conduct the group effectively. There will be many different levels of experience and familiarity with the texts, ideas, and knowledge of Chinese, so please be patient and send us any suggestions you might have.![]()
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Study Group Discussion Protocol![]()
Please read if you will be attending.![]()
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- If you wish to speak or ask a question, you will need to either use the ‘raise hand’ function![]()
(here is a short article on how to do so: www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-raise-a-hand-in-a-zoom-meeting/)![]()
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- or type QUESTION, with your question into the ‘chat' box.![]()
(here is a short article on how to do so: support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205761999-Using-webinar-chat)![]()
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We will stick to the order of the raised hands and chat questions, alternating between the two. ![]()
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- Please consider that others may also want to speak and keep your comments concise.![]()
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Times and Joining Zoom![]()
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The first study group meeting will take place at:![]()
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7.30 PDT / 10.30 EDT / 15.30 CET / 14.30 GMT / 22.30 CST![]()
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You don’t need to sign up for Zoom to join the meeting, just click this link ![]()
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Or enter these details in Zoom:![]()
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Meeting ID: 1835 9019 0171![]()
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Password: 268152![]()
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Please try to log in 5-10 minutes before the hour so that we can start promptly.![]()
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In the upper right hand corner of the Zoom window it should say either Speaker View or Gallery View, select Gallery View. ![]()
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Please consider a small donation of not more than $10 per month to support the costs and time of running the study group.![]()
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