2011 Ramadan of Society Aikido Yoshinkan

August is a very dry month here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We are all fasting. My usual work starts from 10am up to 4pm (95% of company's here work this way), then i need to go home and wait until 6:50pm to break my fast, eat dates and water (or milk) and then prepare myself (wash myself with water) then go for prayer (around 7pm), after the Magrebh prayer is over, I go back home to continue my meal (around 7:30pm), take a little rest (or nap), wake up at around 10pm then start to prepare dishes for my morning (fajr) meal at 3:30am then go to sleep at 5am (after Fajr Prayer), in other words there's "No Time for Training". This is very difficult for all of us here in Saudi Arabia. Everyday students are excited and very eager to train and because of Ramadan (from August 01 to 31, 2011) "we have to stop the training".

I always advise all my students during this months (Ramadan) that is to continue practicing kihon dosa on their past time. Kihon Dosa is a very powerful and effective exercise to gain and maintain your balance and at the same time perfectly execute aikido techniques once you applied this during your next training. So to all of you out there (my buddies students), let's keep fit and let's meet after a month.

Osu!

PS. Oh by the way my number just change "00966-55-983-9842"

Yoshinkan Aikido Club Jeddah

To: All Filipinos

You are invited to join Yoshinkan Aikido Club Jeddah, an upcoming Aikido Club based in Jeddah concentrating only on the Arts of Yoshinkan Aikido. Be a Pioneer and be Physically Fit… Learn to protect yourself…Experience how Japanese Riot Police train…

The Training:

Yoshinkan Aikido emphasizes in Basic Movement and posture (KIHON DOSA) so we Start and End each Technique with a strong kamae (Basic Stance). Students are initially trained in KATA based format (Step by Step), an innovation by the Yoshinkan Headquarters, and then gradually move on to more flowing techniques. At the end it goes without saying that our training begins and returns always to basics.

Contacts:

For Registration and/or Information please contact Mr. Bernardo (Sharif) Soledad at Tel. number: 0507164624 or email at: Ber4all@hotmail.com

Planned location: Power Gym (Back of MOFA, Madina St. Near Balad)

What is Yoshinkan Aikido?

The Yoshinkan 'House for Cultivating the Spirit' was founded after World War II. This style of Aikido is occasionally called the hard style because the training methods are a product of the grueling period of Soke Shioda spent as a student of Morihei Ueshiba (Founder of AIKIDO). Currently it is the only Style of Aikido that is taught to Japanese Riot Police. Yoshinkan Aikido has some 150 basic techniques which are practiced repeatedly; these enable the student to master the remaining ones, which total some 3000 overall. The Yoshinkan style of Aikido emphasizes the self-defenses aspect of the art. It is more practical and grueling than the other styles of Aikido and to an outsider may appear part of a violent Japanese tradition. Yoshinkan Aikido is not a sport. Aikido is the development and strengthening of the body and mind, and the practical side of Aikido must never be forgotten. However, Aikido is for all, irrespective of age, sex, race or culture.