The Art of Aikido in Greece
The Art of Aikido in Greece
Last Updated (Monday, 01 June 2009 10:31) Written by Deb St. George Friday, 10 April 2009 00:00
In Greece you will find people studying
the ancient art of Aikido. The
Aikido World's DOJO DIRECTORY lists
Aikido of Athens, The Hellenic Aikido Association,
Kobukan, and Aikikan Greece.
The Chinese are the first people that come to mind when it comes to these things
but the Japanese are just as athletic with a rich heritage of body contact
sports that can be found in their history. The modern Japan still gives honor
to these things by holding tournaments and promoting such sports abroad,
One of these is Aikido. It is interesting to note that the word comes
from three Japanese words from which one can derive the meaning of the one word.
Ai means joining, Ki means spirit and Do means way. From this we can understand
why Aikido is beyond just the physical skills of it students especially sin its
proponent Ueshiba focused more on the spiritual and philosophical development of
his students.
In Aikido, one is not taught violence instead one is
taught to be in harmony with the opponent to be able to defeat.
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