We are happy to announce that we are starting children’s classes beginning February 1st! Find more information on our Children’s Class page.
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Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere.
– Morihei Ueshiba
Aikido of Petaluma has been offering gentle martial and energy arts for the pressures of daily life since 1983. Our training emphasizes personal growth and development within the medium of a martial art. Our instructors offer a supportive, joyful and diverse training environment.
Beginners are welcome and encouraged to observe and participate in any of our classes.
We are currently practicing the sword and jo katas Rinjiro Shirata Sensei transmitted to Sensei John Stevens. Links to the Misogi No Jo and Misogi No Ken katas can be found here:
T’ai Chi Students, we have started practicing the feather sword form. You can view one of Professor Cheng’s senior students, Ken Van Sickle perform the sword form here:
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Like our overall approach to the flash response, the sooner we can detect this movement away from wholeness and functionality the easier it is to avoid or reverse it. Clearing, when we sense this tightening, is a way to avoid the entanglement that can result when we meet obstructions.
Fullness of the Unit and the I At Moments of Change and Opportunity
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Like our overall approach to the flash response, the sooner we can detect this movement away from wholeness and functionality the easier it is to avoid or reverse it. Clearing, when we sense this ...The energy pool may also come about as a natural response to provide the energy we need to effectively work with a situation that is generated externally.
Fullness of the Unit and the I
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The energy pool may also come about as a natural response to provide the energy we need to effectively work with a situation that is generated externally.Working with the Flash Response: Feeding the Unit and the Fullness of the I
Feeding the Unit and the Fullness of the I
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When we engage with challenging activities, either because they are difficult or ones for which we feel enthusiasm, the I can react in ways that causes internal conflict and other forms of difficul...Our goal with this series is to strengthen our ability to respond to the daily life situations we encounter from a place of wholeness rather than fragmentation.
Growth and Development of the Unit From a Place of Wholeness
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When we engage with challenging activities, either because they are difficult or ones for which we feel enthusiasm, the I can react in ways that causes internal conflict and other forms of difficul...Working with the Flash Response
Mixing a Unit From a Place of Wholeness
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Our more basic goal is to train with the I so that increasingly the movement toward wholeness is our initial response. Perfection in this is probably not attainable but a percentage improvement ma...