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Video - "Aikido: Practice and Inquiry"
Posted on Dec 3rd, 2007
by 
Miles
Miles
Hello All,
Welcome to the blog of Integral Aikido. I'm happy to be opening this blog with a 3 part film that was taken of a seminar I taught together with Patrick Cassidy in Cully, Switzerland, in May, 2007 . Patrick and I have known each other for close to 20 years and we spent several years training together in Iwama, Japan under the guidance of Morihiro Saito sensei. Those were literally our "formative years" in aikido and having gone through an extended and rather intense process of development together we quite naturally grew close. In fact, you could say we are Aikido brothers.
Since leaving Japan, both Patrick and I have continued our individual searches for growth and development which has led our aikido to evolve in different ways. None the less, both our view and relationship to the path continues to be remarkably similar.
It is very satisfying after all these years to share the mat together with Patrick again for the "Aikido: Practice and Inquiry" seminars. It is a creative process that truly inspires. What better way to open a blog on Integral Aikido than with a film of a seminar about integrating perspectives. Enjoy.
Welcome to the blog of Integral Aikido. I'm happy to be opening this blog with a 3 part film that was taken of a seminar I taught together with Patrick Cassidy in Cully, Switzerland, in May, 2007 . Patrick and I have known each other for close to 20 years and we spent several years training together in Iwama, Japan under the guidance of Morihiro Saito sensei. Those were literally our "formative years" in aikido and having gone through an extended and rather intense process of development together we quite naturally grew close. In fact, you could say we are Aikido brothers.
Since leaving Japan, both Patrick and I have continued our individual searches for growth and development which has led our aikido to evolve in different ways. None the less, both our view and relationship to the path continues to be remarkably similar.
It is very satisfying after all these years to share the mat together with Patrick again for the "Aikido: Practice and Inquiry" seminars. It is a creative process that truly inspires. What better way to open a blog on Integral Aikido than with a film of a seminar about integrating perspectives. Enjoy.
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Aikido: Practice and Inquiry - Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3: The conversation continues
Aikido: Practice and Inquiry - Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3: Conversation concluded, plus the "aiki-jam"
Aikido: Practice and Inquiry - Part 3 of 3
Access: Public
Hi Miles,
Very nice indeed. I am looking forward coming again next summer. The place, the people, the food and wine, makes it just perfect. There is so much potential in these get-togethers. The inquiry opens the doors to the spiritual side of Aikido and we all can reach higher; in our Aikido, in our inter-actions, and in our mutual understanding. Coming together, sharing, is indeed the fruit of Aikido.
I watched this video with much pleasure. It is excellent and I am looking forward to seeing both of you (Sensei<s>) in the Dead-Sea seminar very very soon.
Thank you for being the embodiment of a timeless culture that breathes through your karmic connection with it. There is no such thing as a purist perspective. Please continue keeping our global heritage alive.
Bryan
Sensei Kessler- That video is remarkable- thank you for sharing it. Perhaps after 20 or so years of training I will have a slight notion of what you are discussing :) Very engaging, very challenging, very exciting.
Thank you so much for working with me these past few days- I hope I get to meet you very soon.
I love that Jose Gonzalez song too- he is an incredible artist!
Zach