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WOKE
WOKE
As the story goes:
Sitting under a Bohdi tree
The Buddha was approached
And asked who he was:
I am he who woke up
Responded the Buddha
Today, would he be accused
Of being woke? That is:
Well informed, up-to-date
Alert to racial or social
Discrimination and injustice
To being aware
Or, as William Melvin Kelly
So succinctly put it
Way back in 1962:
If you're woke, you dig it
Do you think Buddha
Was aware?
Was he digging it?
As the story goes:
Sitting under a Bohdi tree
The Buddha was approached
And asked who he was:
I am he who woke up
Responded the Buddha
Today, would he be accused
Of being woke? That is:
Well informed, up-to-date
Alert to racial or social
Discrimination and injustice
To being aware
Or, as William Melvin Kelly
So succinctly put it
Way back in 1962:
If you're woke, you dig it
Do you think Buddha
Was aware?
Was he digging it?
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Jan 15, 2022, 2022 San Diego Aikido Bridge Seminar
Jan 15, 2022, 2022 San Diego Aikido Bridge Seminar
From: Lisa Tomoleoni posted on 13. Nov 2021, 07:23am
URL: https://www.sandiegoaikido.com/2022-san-diego-bridge
Join us January 15, 2022 for the 17th Annual San Diego Aikido Bridge Seminar, hosted by Jiai Aikido! Instructors are: Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan 7 Dan, Lisa Tomoleoni Shihan 6 Dan, Patrick Cassidy Sensei 6 Dan, Dan Messisco Sensei, 6 Dan, and cat Strada Sensei 3 Dan. This seminar will be offered in a hybrid format- train in person or virtually. Registration information at: https://www.sandiegoaikido.com/2022-san-diego-bridge. Everyone is welcome! Submit an Aikido News Item
From: Lisa Tomoleoni posted on 13. Nov 2021, 07:23am
URL: https://www.sandiegoaikido.com/2022-san-diego-bridge
Join us January 15, 2022 for the 17th Annual San Diego Aikido Bridge Seminar, hosted by Jiai Aikido! Instructors are: Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan 7 Dan, Lisa Tomoleoni Shihan 6 Dan, Patrick Cassidy Sensei 6 Dan, Dan Messisco Sensei, 6 Dan, and cat Strada Sensei 3 Dan. This seminar will be offered in a hybrid format- train in person or virtually. Registration information at: https://www.sandiegoaikido.com/2022-san-diego-bridge. Everyone is welcome!
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Aikikai Malta IAF Membership
Aikikai Malta IAF Membership
From: Aikikai Malta posted on 13. Nov 2021, 07:23am
URL: https://www.aikidomalta.net
We are honoured and grateful that the International Aikido Federation (IAF) and it's members have accepted us as an Associate Member during the recent general assembly. This shows clearly that in Aikido everyone is equal, no matter the country size. This membership shall give new opportunities to the Aikido community in Malta at par with the global Aikido family. Submit an Aikido News Item
From: Aikikai Malta posted on 13. Nov 2021, 07:23am
URL: https://www.aikidomalta.net
We are honoured and grateful that the International Aikido Federation (IAF) and it's members have accepted us as an Associate Member during the recent general assembly. This shows clearly that in Aikido everyone is equal, no matter the country size. This membership shall give new opportunities to the Aikido community in Malta at par with the global Aikido family.
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Sensei Collings, 6th Dan to swim 9 miles
Sensei Collings, 6th Dan to swim 9 miles
From: Jason Mallia posted on 13. Nov 2021, 07:23am
URL: https://lasthopeanimalrescue.org
Sensei Tom Collings is swimming 9 miles to mark his 70th Birthday. He is swimming to raise awareness and funds for Last Hope Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation. Sensei Collings is a wellness advocate and dog lover. He hopes his milestone birthday swim will promote pet adoptions and wellness. Submit an Aikido News Item
From: Jason Mallia posted on 13. Nov 2021, 07:23am
URL: https://lasthopeanimalrescue.org
Sensei Tom Collings is swimming 9 miles to mark his 70th Birthday. He is swimming to raise awareness and funds for Last Hope Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation. Sensei Collings is a wellness advocate and dog lover. He hopes his milestone birthday swim will promote pet adoptions and wellness.
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Aikido Comes to America
Aikido Comes to America
From: Antonio Aloia posted on 13. Nov 2021, 07:23am
URL: https://books.google.com/books/about/Aikido_Comes_to_America.html?id=8zO1zQEACAAJ
Aikido Comes to America places several early US practitioners in the context of the art's arrival and dissemination amidst American popular culture, spanning from the Beat Movement of the 1950s to the Japanese film craze of the 1980s and early 1990s. This book discusses aikido pioneers including Rodney Grantham, Thomas "Doc" Walker, Sam Combes, Steven Seagal, Lisa Tomoleoni, and George Kennedy among others. Submit an Aikido News Item
From: Antonio Aloia posted on 13. Nov 2021, 07:23am
URL: https://books.google.com/books/about/Aikido_Comes_to_America.html?id=8zO1zQEACAAJ
Aikido Comes to America places several early US practitioners in the context of the art's arrival and dissemination amidst American popular culture, spanning from the Beat Movement of the 1950s to the Japanese film craze of the 1980s and early 1990s. This book discusses aikido pioneers including Rodney Grantham, Thomas "Doc" Walker, Sam Combes, Steven Seagal, Lisa Tomoleoni, and George Kennedy among others.
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Wendy Whited Passes Away
Wendy Whited Passes Away
From: Jun Akiyama posted on 30. Sep 2021, 11:02am
URL: https://www.gatheringus.com/memorial/wendy-whited/8069?fbclid=IwAR0uhX30zJ8nS7pcGb6rqR73W_40wCGtqBF0vOLcMBS0jf1hyyqRcKyblKE
I have just received news that Wendy Whited (7th dan, Inaka Dojo, Beecher IL) passed away on September 29, 2021 from cancer. She started aikido at Northen Illinois University in 1973. She visited Japan first in 1978 and returned in 1987 to be part of the Japanese Exchange of Teachers program for two years. She started Inaka Dojo in 1992. She was an educator, teaching junior high school from 1980 then later becoming school principal from 1999 until she retired in 2012. My condolences go out to her friends, family, students, and loved ones. Submit an Aikido News Item
From: Jun Akiyama posted on 30. Sep 2021, 11:02am
URL: https://www.gatheringus.com/memorial/wendy-whited/8069?fbclid=IwAR0uhX30zJ8nS7pcGb6rqR73W_40wCGtqBF0vOLcMBS0jf1hyyqRcKyblKE
I have just received news that Wendy Whited (7th dan, Inaka Dojo, Beecher IL) passed away on September 29, 2021 from cancer. She started aikido at Northen Illinois University in 1973. She visited Japan first in 1978 and returned in 1987 to be part of the Japanese Exchange of Teachers program for two years. She started Inaka Dojo in 1992. She was an educator, teaching junior high school from 1980 then later becoming school principal from 1999 until she retired in 2012. My condolences go out to her friends, family, students, and loved ones.
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