Co-located at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo, Shobu Aikido of Ohio provides Aikido and Internal Power/Aiki training for adults and children in the greater Toledo area with weekly classes and seasonal seminars. Visitors are always welcome.
Aikido is a non-competitive martial art that can be practiced by almost anyone. Aikido techniques do not rely on physical strength but rather develops relaxed power through the focus of intention and Ki. The result is a creative method of non-destructive conflict resolution.
Aikido is practiced on many levels. The first level is includes the development of stamina, flexibility, and learning how to focus one's intention. The second level is built on the first and stresses self-defense techniques that teach the natural order of movement. In this process the students also become adept at ukemi, the art of rolling, falling and protecting oneself. Aikido provides the opportunity for the development of the entire person. It is a workout of the entire body and mind and results in increased strength, overall physically fitness, flexibility and centeredness.
At the third level students are gradually introduced to the secrets of receiving and harnessing the power of ki, they also develop spatial awareness and learn to judge proper timing and distance. During this training the goal is to establish and maintain an energetic connection to your partner and to lead them off balance. This eliminates the need for more destructive means of resolving situations.
The highest level of aikido is mind over matter. This involves the use of visualization techniques, the power of intention and ki, breath control and meditation. Aikido is truly a spiritual martial art that explores themind - body - spirit connection. This advanced level of training at Shobu Aikido reaches a level not easily found elsewhere. The student learns how to manifest power and effectiveness by the focusing of intention alone. This level depends on and can only be reached through the refinement of technique and the students own deepest feeling. For this reason it alternates between the physical and the spiritual.
In the process of practicing aikido, students inevitably find themselves less stressed and more energetic, better equipped to manage life's many conflicts with calm control. Aikido is great for adults and kids alike because practice encourages respect for self and others, self control, cooperation and responsibility.
Gasshuku or weekend long intensive seminars with William Gleason Sensei are available seasonally.
Children's aikido classes provide a friendly, non-competitive environment for students to become more physically fit, agile, flexible, aware, focused, and relaxed. They learn how to safely fall, roll and perform a variety of self-defense techniques in a supportive, comfortable setting, and parents like Aikido because kids learn how to be powerful without becoming destructive.
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I will be happy to help get it started, that is help break ground and get it planted, though I can't promise a lot of time to care for the garden, and they do need to be tended to. I will, of course, also be available to eat stuff harvested from the garden!!! :)
I'd be happy to help out. I think we should figure out what we want to grow and plan on starting to sprout the first couple weeks of March.We should also figure out how big the plot(s) are going to be and then plan on getting some mulch or local compost for the beds. We should try to get the beds tilled and the soil prepared for April plantings.
Post what you want grown. Thanks Bob
I would like to help also, but I am not familiar with which items would be good to grow from an organic/macrobiotic standpoint. I grow tomatoes, green peppers, basil, thyme, dill, parsley, and when I have space, zucchini. In my experience, most of these can be grown organically with little effort (except for the one year that the cutworms and/or rabbits got my peppers - not sure what was up with that; I do have to build cages around the parsley too). Oh, and hot peppers are easy. Not much competition for those! Organic tomatoes are not too hard - you just have to watch for hornworms, or use Bt (I just pick the caterpillars). Last year I had indeterminate (constant growing) cherry tomatoes, and we had tons of harvest even though the plants were so big I'm sure I missed some of the caterpillars. With rabbit exclusion, we should be able to do some lettuce; although we'd need to be seeding that really soon. I get plants for the rest of it from the nurseries right now, since I don't have space for seedlings.
Oops, forgot to sign...previous comment posted by Sandra Kosek-Sills.
PS. (Sandra again) I will be at the dojo for this coming Saturday morning's class (3/3); I may forget to announce after class, but why don't interested persons at class on Saturday group up and discuss this a little - we need to get started if we are going to do it!
I talked to Eric's dad, who has a large (40' x 40') home garden, for advice on when to start. The earliest planting date he shoots for is April 15; typically, by then the soil has dried out and warmed up enough for tilling, and he can plant peas and lettuce (which are frost resistant). He said that the key factor for germination and growth is soil temperature. The raised beds will probably only warm up a day or two sooner than a regular bed. May 1 is the planting date to aim for for most other plants. If the garden will nclude early plants like lettuce and peas (which are easy to grow as long as they are protected from rabbits), then the bed preparation should occur prior to "tax day." Otherwise, there is a little more time.
--Sandra K-S
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