The Silk Thread of Gorindo - Ottawa - Canada
Issue 19
- Visit of Maestro Vicente Nogueroles
Photo cover 'Claudio Iedwab's step’ ©2012 Photo by Roxanne Standefer
Understanding Others
Martial arts training teaches you to be centered within your universe.
This does not mean that you are the center of everyone else’s universe. However, we do all share a universe together that we must respect and protect...
Kihon - How to Walk
Stepping
After training diligently in the art of standing and assuming different basic stances, we are now in condition to walk and move with each one of them.
If we analyze the sequence of action that occurs during a normal step, as when we walk in the street, it will be very easy to see it as just a falling forward while moving the center of gravity beyond the base of support...
Fitness - Mountain & River
Linked Series
Stance: With feet two shoulder widths apart, pivot both feet 90° to the right. Raise arms with hands together, reaching for the sky (a). Legs should be straight but not locked.
Action: Bend the forward knee until the thigh is parallel to the floor, raising the rear heel, and keeping the spine vertical (b). Hold for three breath cycles and concentrate on balance...
Visit of Maestro Vicente Nogueroles
by Claudio Iedwab & Roxanne Standefer
Once again, we have had the honour and great pleasure of enjoying an unforgettable visit of Maestro Vicente Nogueroles from Argentina.
His last visit to our dojo in Toronto was back in 1993 and although almost a decade has passed, the spirit of camaraderie and reception for his teachings are stronger than ever...
Pearls of Gorindo...
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