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Learco appoggia la tazzina con un garbo eccessivo, il garbo di chi sta per dire qualcosa di sgradevole vestendolo da complimento. «Bel seminario, Ubaldo. Sinceramente, per essere un sabato di pioggia, non mi aspettavo così tanta gente. Brava anche te, Osvaldo, che sei riuscito a portare i tuoi nonostante la data si sovrapponesse al mio.»…
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Conflict also arises from the criteria by which we judge what we see Why can Aikido instructors debate animatedly precisely about what should be easiest to recognize: what constitutes good Aikido?Part of the answer lies in the fact that we never observe a practice from a completely neutral standpoint...
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Riding a motorcycle, waging war through art: two metaphors for thinking about Aikidō I sometimes compare Aikidō to riding a motorcycle, for three practical reasons that are worth considering separately before bringing them together. The first concerns rules: the highway code sets out the conditions for safe riding...
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The metaphors through which aikidō (合気道) is described are not simply different ways of describing the same practice. Each metaphor selects certain aspects of the experience, makes some of them visible and leaves others in the background. Above all, it shapes the way the teacher interprets what must be transmitted and the way the practitioner interprets what must be learned.
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The video 3 guerres totalement absurdes… en apparence (https://youtu.be/r9hbb0aFZ-E?is=PKZSI2LIjwSNpPQh) starts from an almost ironic question: how can a seemingly insignificant event become the origin of enormously larger consequences? A basket of apples, some Zurich sausages, and a watermelon in Panama seem too trivial to be associated with war, a religious schism, or