Welcome to the dojo blog where I will keep you informed of new events and happenings at the dojo and elsewhere. Please visit the website each week for the latest tips and info. Please note the blog will be linked to and containted in the "News" tab, found at the top of the home page, directly to the right of the home tab.

At the dojo and everywhere else: 

“Onegaieshimasu” = I promise to give my best effort.

Give your best effort. At each class imagine you are taking a test.

Then when you are testing it won’t seem so difficult. The best part is you are putting forth your best effort.

Mediation:

• Maintain good posture.
• Inhale and exhale through your nose. ( this is not the only method)
• Employ slow gentle natural breaths, but try to inhale and exhale for greater amounts of time.
• When inhaling, expand your abdomen.
• When exhaling, contract the abdomen.
• Practice twice per day, when you awake and before going to sleep.

Entertainment / education

This week’s recommended entertainment and learning experience will be the about life aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier.   

The  show and series is called “Carrier”,  was  filmed in 2005 during the Carrier’s deployment from May through November.

Sunday at 9 PM on PBS ( 13) Please check your local listings.

For more info and video clips: 

http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/

Attention Shinkendo and Aikido members:

I will send you a weekly update from the honbu, if you do not receive it notify me asap.

Please contact me if you would like to recommend a news item for our news and blog section.

Lou D’Agostino

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