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Shugyo
- Intense physical and spiritual training to be used for self-transformation
Ki Principles
- Relax Completely
- Drop unnecessary muscular tension allowing the spine to reveal itself
- Like a flowing river, not a rigid rock
- Keep Weight Underside
- Cultivate a heaviness in the hips, legs, and feet
- Like a firmly anchored boat
- Keep One Point
- Focus the mind’s concentration on the center of the body’s mass or lower navel
- Like a tree with deep roots
- Extend Ki
- Extend awareness in all directions
- Like a lantern casting it’s light, extend your energy
Ranks
- Unranked - White Level
- 8th Kyu - Orange Level
- 7.5 Kyu - Orange Level with One Stripe
- 7th Kyu - Orange Level with Two Stripes
- 6.5 Kyu - Blue Level
Demonstrations
- March 2023 - Belt Testing - 8th Kyu: Jack and Dad
- July 2023 - First Demonstration - Basil and Mizuno Kids
- November 2023 - Belt Testing - 8th Kyu: Lila, 7.5 Kyu: Jack and Dad
- April 2024 - Belt Testing - 7.5 Kyu: Lila, 7th Kyu: Jack and Dad
Arcs
- Belt Testing
- Chushinkan Dojo - Video Demonstrations
- Aikido of Northwest Kansas - Video Demonstrations
- AikiWeb - The Source for Aikido Information
- Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere
- Budo - Teachings of the Founder of Aikido
- Zen Connections
- Fox Forrest Zen
- Fox Forrest Zen Podcast
- Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other - Gendo Osho
- Shugyo - Rick Testa Sensei (Gendo Osho)
- Randori - Seizing Chaos
