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TAE Journal, Edition 12, ‘Keikogi’, Dōgi’, ‘Gi’ – whatever you call your training uniform, what is its origin? By Adrian Punt
FROM EDITION 12 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – JANUARY 2025 Keikogi (稽古着) (keiko meaning 'practice' and gi meaning 'dress' or...
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Apr 34 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 12, Vision and Skills: A Model for Aikido Organisations. By Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros
FROM EDITION 12 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – JANUARY 2025 The vision of an organisation such as Traditional Aikido Europe...
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Mar 237 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 11, Questions and Answers – with Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros
FROM EDITION 11 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SPRING 2024 Lewis Bernaldo de Quirós Sensei trained full time under the late...
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Mar 26 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 11, Hakama in Aikido: What is their origin, meaning and do they serve a purpose? By Adrian Punt
FROM EDITION 11 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SPRING 2024 Introduction Some forms of traditional Japanese martial arts,...
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Feb 219 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 11, The ideal wood for the ideal weapon? An Interview with Rudd Jaspers. By Andrea Pfisterer
FROM EDITION 11 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SPRING 2024 Last November I combined the seminar of Lewis Sensei in Magdeburg...
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Jan 3111 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 11, Aikido as a Modern Budo. By Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros
FROM EDITION 11 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SPRING 2024 The Meaning of Budo The common translation for ‘Bu’ is ‘martial'...
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Jan 311 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 10, Questions and Answers. By Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros
FROM EDITION 10 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2023 Q: I am just beginning to teach Aikido. You have been actively...
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May 3, 20245 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 10, A brief discussion of Ken Suburi 1, 5 and 7. By Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros
FROM EDITION 10 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2023 The following considerations are not intended as instructions for...
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Apr 27, 20247 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 10, Bukiwaza and its place in Aikido. By Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros
FROM EDITION 10 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2023 At the present time, the question of weapons and their place...
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Apr 26, 20249 min read
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Interview of Bas Kalle of Seishikan Tendoryu Aikido with Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros of Traditional Aikido Europe
December 13th 2017 and reproduced from https://aikidotradicional.eu/ 1. Please tell us something about your background? Did you train...
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Jan 1, 20245 min read
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11 QUESTIONS ABOUT AIKIDO
Reproduced from https://aikidoonline.org/ In this long form interview between Jesper L. S. Nordin, a distinguished Danish conductor, and...
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Dec 24, 202313 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 9, Levels of practice in Takemusu Aikido. By Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros
FROM EDITION 9 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – WINTER 2023 Levels of practice in Takemusu Aikido include (broadly), kihon waza...
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May 10, 20239 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 9, Metsuke: Where should you put your eyes? By Andrea Pfisterer
FROM EDITION 9 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – WINTER 2023 Let us look at this question in three parts: first for solo...
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May 3, 20237 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 9, Aikido – The Journey Beyond. By Ginny Breeland
FROM EDITION 9 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – WINTER 2023 “The Study in Aikido Involves the Study of a Lifetime” Perhaps your...
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Apr 5, 202311 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 9, A Ki Question. By Adrian Punt
Introduction I have known Aikido teachers that talk, comfortably and at great length, about ‘ki’, as well as those who want all mention...
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Mar 14, 202310 min read
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An Interview with Sensei de Quiros - Learning and Teaching Aikido
Here we look back on an interview between Aikidojo Zaragoza and Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros (translated from Spanish) where Sensei de Quiros...
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Dec 5, 202210 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 8, Logic, progression & learning - the 10 kumi jo. By Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros
FROM EDITION 8 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SUMMER 2022 Developed by the late Saito Morihiro Sensei (9th dan) these are jo...
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Nov 8, 20223 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 8, Go no sen / sen no sen / sensen no sen. By Ethan Monnot Weisgard
FROM EDITION 8 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SUMMER 2022 These three terms, go no sen, sen no sen and sensen no sen, refer...
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Oct 19, 20228 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 8, The Journey Into The Interior. By Ginny Breeland
FROM EDITION 8 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SUMMER 2022 Kaizen is the Japanese word for constant, continuous improvement....
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Oct 9, 20228 min read
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TAE Journal, Edition 8, Birth of Iwama Weapons System. By Adrian Punt and Michael Ormerod
FROM EDITION 8 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SUMMER 2022 Forward The origins and inspiration of the Founders' weapons...
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Sep 14, 202211 min read
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