Not the End

I have been quiet for a while, initially because I was processing the intensive learning I participated in during Aoki Sensei’s visit, then finishing off my assignments for the ILM Leadership and Team Skills qualification I’ve been studying for. Then, just over a week ago a close friend of mine lost a young family member […]

Aoki Sensei’s Seminar at Tetsushinkan June 2015

In terms of initial reflections, I feel incredibly privileged; Aoki Sensei travelled from The Shiseikan, Tokyo and spent just over a week with us, having visited also our ISBA colleagues in Darmstadt, Germany and Chatillon, France. He shared the fruits of his own personal effort and research, a system for understanding the kata born out […]