Small Efforts Accumulate Into Great Things

Falling down is part of our everyday life. People lose their balance all the time, not only in Aikido practice: It may happen while walking

Suganuma Sensei wrote in his notebook: At the end of keiko (practice) while practicing Kokyuho, my partner told me: "Sensei, your body is like a rock".

The word Kodawari in Japanese has 2 meanings: 1. To cling to something. To be obsessive about something (negative).2. A deep personal commitment to quality,