Holistic Budo at Sangamon Aikikai

Adam Nicholson, 2nd Dan, Fukushidoin
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Discussions and discourses on budo and aikido from the mat of Sangamon Aikikai in Springfield, Illinois.

Episodes

  1. 09/22/2025

    20250922: Seminars, Differing Perspectives, and Shoshin

    Some reflections on attendance at the recent 50th anniversary seminar at the Midwest Aikido Center in Chicago; associated discussion of differences in perspective among instructors or between instructors and students, and of how this highlights the role of shoshin in the spiritual cultivation aspect of a budo practice. From the mat of Sangamon Aikikai, Springfield, Illinois, 2025 September 22.

    20250922: Seminars, Differing Perspectives, and Shoshin

  2. 09/20/2025

    20250919: Transcendence: States of Consciousness

    Exploration of the role of altered states of consciousness and specifically the ecstatic state in an aikido practice. Inspired by a reflection by David M. Valadez in the Senshin Center Patreon feed and other outlets. From the mat of Sangamon Aikikai, Springfield, Illinois, 2025 September 19.

    20250919: Transcendence: States of Consciousness

  3. 09/12/2025

    20250911: Social Discipline: Service

    Discussion of service as crucial to social disciplinary aspect of a budo practice, from the mat of Sangamon Aikikai, Springfield, Illinois, 2025 September 11.

    20250911: Social Discipline: Service

  4. 09/10/2025

    20250909: Physiological Discipline: Sleep

    Discussion of sleep discipline as fundamental to the physiological disciplinary aspect of a budo practice, from the mat of Sangamon Aikikai, Springfield, Illinois, 2025 September 9.

    20250909: Physiological Discipline: Sleep
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Discussions and discourses on budo and aikido from the mat of Sangamon Aikikai in Springfield, Illinois.

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