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11th Aikido Warriors' Camp 2015
Gordon Head Recreation Centre
17 - 21 August 2015
Facilitator: Rafael Oei Sensei.
Ueshiba Aikido Victoria

Thank you for making our 11th Aikido Warriors' Camp a success!

A weeklong overview of Aikido practice and philosophy...

Each day begins with morning warm-ups and a jog:
a light refreshing warm-up in the fresh morning air for students to move around as a team.

A team-game follows the jog, reinforcing the importance of working together,
being mindful of team mates, working out strategies, leading the team, and delegating responsibilities.
Frisbee Game
Frisbee Game
International Football (Soccer)
Capture the Flag
   

Daily practice, with the observance of
Aikido etiquette and discipline.

A central theme of the camps, apart from technique,
is the importance of developing oneself from the inside:
proper and appropriate etiquette, respect,
discipline, self-reliance, accountability,
being responsible, and being conscious of one's decisions and actions.

These will help when making decisions;
leading one in the direction of desired outcomes
in life and one`s life`s journey.


   

Practising the Bow

Setting personal goals and life statements...
   
... reflecting on etiquette, behaviour, and philosophy ...
Getting to know you...
   
Mini lecture
Ask: are my decisions propelling me toward my goal?
No excuses... be accountable... Blame and be lame ...
   

Games served as a means of self-discovery: revealing personal attitudes,
character, temperament, beliefs, ...
going beyond assumptions.

Being sensitive to choices,
one's responsibilities, and others.

 
Jigsaw Puzzle Game: 2 minutes to put together...
the puzzle with the blank side facing up. Not easy...
A clear end result, as with life, creates the desired outcome.
   
Calligraphy: Practising inner focus and control ...
performing each stroke decisively ...
   
Manifesting the intangible and internal...
... outwardly through things done or created, like calligraphy.
   

Remembering names in the Blanket Game.
... caring enough to remember everyone's name...
 
Chopstick Game
The Blindfold Game: being mindful and sensitive...
... choosing one's words well ...
 

... being specific and clear ...
... learning to say and do what we mean ...
   

Dog and the Bone Game: alertness, speed...

... and agility...
   

Dog Bone

Students were introduced to the concept of KI flow. These exercises required students to be aligned within themselves - balanced and integrated in body, mind, and spirit;
and how that manifests Integrity in oneself.

Finding the Centre

 
   
In silence, adjusting to find the Centre, the extension of "ki"
... receiving and redirecting energy...
   
   
Working Together
Working Together

Picnic lunches...

Working together...
   

Wheelbarrow Race

Stretches...
Elbow crawl...
   

Hops

Forward and ...
... Backward Rolls
   
Elbow Crawl
Kneeling breakfalls
Practising basic breakfalls ...
   

Fireman`s lift to practice the Koshi Nage (hip throw)
... and breakfalls ...
   
After the normal dojo warm-up, students were brought through
basic unarmed and weapons training.
   
Elbow Crawl Bokken
Elbow Crawl Bokken
Ikkyo, the first pinning technique
Tanto Dori
   

Forward Roll

Irimi nage, the entering throw
Jiyu waza with Kokyuho nage, the breath throw
   
Going with the flow...
Attack from the rear ...
   

We had our share of weapons practice as well...

   

Jo

Bokken

 
11th Aikido Warriors' Camp 17 - 21 August 2015
 
Thank you for an awesome, special and very meaningful week of Aikido practice!
You made our milestone 10th Warriors` Camp most memorable!
Thanks also to our helpers, Mrs Gillam, Nicole, Mitchell, Sean, Ryan, and Ben.
Have a most wonderful and enriching summer.
See you in the Dojo!
 

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