27 november 2011
Aikido als bron van zelfkennis (door Arnoud Reinders)
In 2007 ben ik met aikido begonnen. Hoe ben ik daartoe gekomen? Een jongere collega van mij vertelde me eens op het werk dat hij een fanatiek beoefenaar van aikido was. Meteen begon hij een enthousiast verhaal af te steken dat ik slechts gedeeltelijk begreep, maar omdat ik hem wel sympathiek vond bleef ik beleefd luisteren tot hij was uitgesproken.
20 november 2011
16 november 2011
Francisca Sensei demonstrates at Olympic Committee meeting
Last Tuesday evening I attended a meeting of the NOC-NSF, the main sports/Olympic committee in the Netherlands. Sam, a student of my own teacher Wilko Vriesman, and I opened the meeting with an Aikido demonstration.
The entire committee's board, as well as its previous chairman - former Olympic medal swimmer and the government's Secretary of Sports - Erica Terpstra watched as we showed various facets of Aikido.
It was a great pleasure and honour. We had been invited because a demonstration by Wilko and his students during the recent celebration of 50 years of Aikido in the Netherlands had impressed Andre Bolhuis, the current chair of NOC-NSF.
Our demonstration showed the meeting two things: that Aikido can be practiced throughout one's entire life and that Aikido can make a meaningful contribution to top sport.
Francisca.
The entire committee's board, as well as its previous chairman - former Olympic medal swimmer and the government's Secretary of Sports - Erica Terpstra watched as we showed various facets of Aikido.
It was a great pleasure and honour. We had been invited because a demonstration by Wilko and his students during the recent celebration of 50 years of Aikido in the Netherlands had impressed Andre Bolhuis, the current chair of NOC-NSF.
Our demonstration showed the meeting two things: that Aikido can be practiced throughout one's entire life and that Aikido can make a meaningful contribution to top sport.
Francisca.
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