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Every word of every class is indexed, and the dojo handbook answers alongside the classes. Your search bridges English and Japanese/Aikido vocabulary (falling ↔ ukemi, breath ↔ kokyu, off balance ↔ kuzushi), then ranks the best class moments. Results open at the exact point in the class; several matches in one class are grouped into a single card.
Boundary-Laced Compassion in Conflict Saturday · 2026-05-09 · 17 matches
it relates directly to how Aikido Movement works, and when it works well, why it works…
…I hope that you will work with me. I invite them into working on it.
Absolutely, it worked. That's… and… yeah, yeah, well, that's, that's… I mean… That…
They worked really hard, I need to let them go, the work is not complete, I…
And my heart was, oh, I can see these builders have worked really hard all day…
Work.
…11 more matches in this class
Blending as Adaptive Continuum Saturday · 2026-04-11 · 14 matches
ask to add more work and progression plan. "Is that okay?"; "let's just…
Capacity to work together.
That's a thing to work on all week.
we were working on Ukemi, having no…
Is there anything in particular you'd like to work on today?
So, if it doesn't work to attack me, we'll have to do this some…
…8 more matches in this class
Conflict-Safe Exit Strategy and Avoiding Entanglement Saturday · 2026-05-02 · 11 matches
Does that kind of work? I mean, sure. If it works, it works. Yeah, that's…
…put into it, because the structure does the work instead of the muscles doing the work.
…I turn… I do all of the work to turn the whole thing back around, which…
And then, when you have someone that you can work with, you…
So that both hands work together.
Maybe that works.
…5 more matches in this class
Balance management and level management in throwing Wednesday · 2026-04-22 · 11 matches
Breath quality across side-to-side foot and ankle work. "You keep your air without clenching…
So, work around it. Okay.
Do what works, and avoid what doesn't.
Well, and it's not gonna work. So, I start to go down.
That doesn't really work, so I'll use this.
Sometimes it doesn't work out, but we can see.
…5 more matches in this class
Foundational square breathing and unclenched breath holds Wednesday · 2026-04-01 · 8 matches
And it didn't work, and didn't work, and didn't work, and didn't…
doing advanced work via simplified basics. "...at the beginning of doing advanced techniques, my…
work.
didn't work.
How does the breath work? Do you notice anything while doing it?
Didn't crash, but didn't work.
…2 more matches in this class
Body mapping and alignment fundamentals Saturday · 2026-04-25 · 8 matches
Silence protocol during sensitive contact work. "when your mouth wants to start going, go, oh yeah…
Just, we just have different things to work on.
Work for meditation?
It's almost like that's how learning works.
you're doing too much work. It's if you think about doing the thing you…
Keyhone, basic, stop, start, working on your own balance. Okay, balance, thank you, partner.
…2 more matches in this class
Whole-Body Push Quality Over Arm Strength Wednesday · 2026-04-08 · 7 matches
It's all work, I'm working.
I call that the work table, because I feel like I'm, you know, like, working…
Yeah, we would need to work it.
It's echoey and glary, but it's working.
Okay, so the Linux… you got the Linux to work.
…want to go through what I've been through, trying to get this to work, so…
…1 more match in this class
Safety hierarchy and risk-aware training constraints Saturday · 2026-04-11 · 7 matches
…Will you two work together, please? And we'll work together? And you're doing Taino…
Upper-body-only reaches and spinal extension work. "We're holding your upper body... your down…
What does it work?
Okay, still working on your balance?
So you have more to work with in their email.
If we worked hard during this time.
…1 more match in this class
Attention Discipline and Decisional Autonomy Saturday · 2026-04-04 · 6 matches
How does it work? How does it work?
…breath after high-mobility work. "It looks like the air on the inside is pushing the…
But we really worked on hard today. We worked on Tainoheko, and, like, we're learning…
Okay, how about… what do you see? How does that work?
Keeps your lower body and your upper body together, working together.
…by itself, you want to be able to make your head and your shoulders work together.
Partner safety, restraint, and timing cues Saturday · 2026-05-02 · 6 matches
Why is it not working? No, no, go back to where you were. Go back to…
…We'll stop and start, and you'll work on your balance, and I'll push…
So, will you please go with Ron, and you and I will work together, and we…
So he can remember the pieces, and work on his balance, and so everyone watching can…
…Okay, so let's work on that one. So put your left side first.
…good balance… nice! And that was gentle, it worked out pretty well. What's this called?
Aikido yielding framework over forceful possession Wednesday · 2026-04-15 · 6 matches
Now we know what we have to work on.
Been sitting and working on your computer?
The thing that made it work was the kazushi. It had nothing to do with the…
I'm… because of the tension at work, mostly, and the really, really long hours, I…
And and when I stand and I'm working, I find that rather than dancing a…
…Alright, now let's see… so I don't end up working
Intentional slowing as strategic timing Saturday · 2026-05-16 · 6 matches
It seems we don't usually work.
Do you want to, do works with me? Do you want to do your own thing?
We've been in the Udashikai, we've been working on
…And the people that… I want to work with teams, people…
this is not working well for me, I'm going to change the following things. Sometimes…
We've given in to the idea that domination is the way that everything must work…
Progressive Movement Scaling and Shape Quality Saturday · 2026-05-16 · 5 matches
Turn-taking in touch work. "Everybody's gonna be a grabber and a grabby." ... "So if…
Full turn line work. "So this foot can go all the way around behind the screen…
It's a puzzle, like a lot of things we work on.
That's a good idea, but let's work on it. So, right now, we're…
Everybody find your spot. Right on the spot. Right in front of you works really well.
Curriculum Sequencing and Drill Design Saturday · 2026-04-25 · 5 matches
Avoiding structural overextension in lock work. This is not a break-the-collarbone, break the face…
If I'm not there, Yeah, it works.
…We're really working in tandem. You're doing stuff, I'm doing stuff, we're…
They're stress shopping. Yeah. I work in retail food.
…because if I lose balance, I'll work somebody down. Let's not do that. I…
Footwork, Line Management, and Space Occupancy Wednesday · 2026-05-06 · 3 matches
…center work over injury. "All about moving the center..." ... "Setting up the next encounter with timing…
We're gonna work on that one, because…
I mean, works for me! Okay, let me try one more time.
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