Autumn reflections
by Sensei Fran Turner

Although it is the end of September, the leaves are still green, taking their time to shift into fall colours. My knee is also taking its time to heal. I didn't anticipate so much frustration when I started back teaching at the end of August...
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Mary Heiny seminar in Kingston
by Michael Connor

In July, about 20 of us attended a seminar taught by Mary Heiny Sensei in Kingston. It was a great seminar and a wonderful weekend in many different ways...
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Promotions committee
by Lisa Kuly

...make a big, outrageous display of folding your gi, thus distracting the other people in the laundromat...

Throughout the summer, the Promotions Committee has been cooking up some ideas on ways to bring new members into our dojo...
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Aikido Summer Camp 1997
by Kato Perdue

...we did so much iriminage, I thought I was gonna die.

This was my third year in a row attending Aikido Summer Camp. The first year I went there, I thought the camp was fantastic—and the experience has only improved since then...
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Aikido: Principles and Techniques
Mary Heiny's first Video!
review by John McNabb

Heiny Sensei puts it in perspective by describing to us her own learning experiences.

To my knowledge, this is the first professional video of Mary Heiny Sensei, 6^th dan. This video demonstrates quite clearly the style of teaching for which she is so well known and loved.
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Kaiten Nage Poetry by Fran Turner

Kaiten Nage wheel of Life and Death turns balance into imbalance, back again days I cannot remember or forsee lifetimes almost magic as nage extends I touch the mat with one hand she holds my other straight above wheel is only to roll head over heels, ceiling, mat boulder wave comet I swirl through stars Fran Turner

Aikido potpourri
by Ivana Soten

After my first aikido class I wasn't really impressed. Three months later I tried again and have never thought of quitting since...
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AikiNET by John McNabb Martial arts cartoons and website ideas...         Full Story

Member Profile: Elizabeth Bristol  Interview by Siamak Abdollahi Aikido comes with you outside the dojo into your life. The idea of using other people's energy...

In the Keener Award section of the last issue, Dariusz's last name was misspelled. The correct spelling should have been Macalka. Since then, however, Dariusz has legally changed his name to Darius Moris (no, this is not another typo; his new last name is, in fact, spelled with just one "R").

"Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know."

—Mohandas K. Gandhi, from Non-Violence in Peace and War

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