Some concluding thoughts to follow up on my last post On Experimentation in Aikido. Some of the more vexing issues that come up with regard to the formal or ritualistic aspects of training in Aikido and other martial arts can be illuminated if we consider the difference between learning things cognitively and learning things corporeally. … Continue reading
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Aikido and Philosophy: An Interview with Alan Drengson
Alan Drengson`s website: http://alandrengson.com/ Bill Little: You taught a course in the philosophy department at the University of Victoria called an Introduction to Eastern Philosophy in which you sometimes used to lecture on Aikido. If philosophy literally means ‘the love of knowledge or wisdom’, what kind of knowledge is Aikido? What lessons can we learn … Continue reading