Category Archives: Aiki-Conversations
Containing Fear With Awareness
Diane Musho Hamilton & Miles Kessler
Mushin – No Mind In Aikido
Community Call w/ Miles Kessler
Aikido & Meditation Community Call
"Zanshin" July 20th, 2022
What Is “Zanshin”?
AIKIDO & MEDITATION COMMUNITY CALL
With Miles Kessler
“If you have not linked yourself with true emptiness, you will never understand Aikido.” ~ O Sensei
If we are to believe the above quote of O Sensei – that Aikido comes from a spiritual source – then why doesn’t it always feel that way? Join me on Wednesday (July 20th, 2022) for a community call exploring the relationship between Aikido and meditation.
When: Wednesday, July 20th. 2022
Times: 11:00am PDT, 2:00pm EDT, 19:00 BST, 20:00 CEST, & 21:00 IST
Click the link below to register for this community call.
It would be my pleasure to have you with us on the call!
Miles Kessler
Miles on “Radical Responsibility” Podcast
Mindfulness & Martial Arts - Miles Kessler and Fleet Maull
Senior western Dharma teacher Fleet Maull has just launched his new podcast Radical Responsibility. I was happy to be interviewed for one of the first episodes and we had a great discussion. Check out my talk with Fleet on “Mindfulness & Martial Arts”.
Stillness & Movement: The Source And Flow Of Life
Community Call
All Sensei Panel Discussion
The Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues
The “Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues” series started on a lark when I reached out to Ellis Amdur Sensei for his thoughts on the way I was using these 3 stages as a teaching model in my dojo. That short interaction between Ellis and I morphed into some 360 participants, in 6 sessions, with over 10 hours of dialogues between myself and 4 other Koryu and Aikido teachers. On Sunday, Feb. 28th the “Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues” series culminated with an all sensei panel discussion.
The Blueprint Of Development
Miles Kessler Sensei - "Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues"
Growth and development often follow the trajectory of your personal life stories. Stories that are life lessons which profoundly shaped who you are. My own path of “Shu-Ha-Ri” (3 Stages Of Mastery In Traditional Martial Arts) mirrors my personal story as a dual practice lineage holder in Aikido and Buddhist meditation. A life trajectory that shaped how I see “Shu-Ha-Ri” as a universal map of development. In fact, it is the blueprint of development.
If You Don’t Have Power, You Don’t Have Choice
Toby Threadgill Sensei - "Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues"
In this 4th session of the “Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues” series, I speak with my old friend Toby Threadgill Sensei. Toby is the Shihan (headmaster) of the Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu school of traditional martial arts. As the first non- Japanese to become the official headmaster of a Koryu jujutsu school, Toby is in a unique position to share his rich and in-depth understanding of “Shu-Ha-Ri” the 3 stages of mastery in traditional Japanese martial arts.
