Archive for January, 2008



Ohio U.-area aikido class teaches peaceful conflict resolution

Sunday 27 January 2008 @ 12:17 am

Keita Mochizuki University Wire 07-27-2006 (The Post) (U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio — As a teacher of aikido, Danny Yahini teaches others how to resolve conflict without violence and how to be compassionate toward others, but he still remembers the days when he was taught to build hostility and hurt

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Winter Warrior a hit

Tuesday 22 January 2008 @ 12:10 pm

styles. While this year leaned a bit toward jiu-jitsu, past events have included styles as diverse as sumo, aikido, muay Thai and good old-fashioned boxing. “Not only is this the fifth Winter Warrior, it is also the 20th anniversary of Portage Jiu-Jitsu.

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Local Sports Calendar: 01.20.08

Monday 21 January 2008 @ 9:26 am

a.m.-noon. Evening classes are held Mon-Thurs. 6:308:30 p.m. First week always free. More info: Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 549-3597. Aikido classes by the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department from 5:30-7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Ben

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Imagined Bard and reimagined “Caesar”

Sunday 13 January 2008 @ 1:27 pm

Seattle Times - They could just as easily fell the old boy with karate chops and aikido throws. In a novel gambit for “JC,” director Gregg Loughridge moves the action of the historical tragedy into a modern-day dojo, where buff men and women hatch an assassination …

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In life, she won hearts, friends say

Thursday 10 January 2008 @ 12:00 pm

Story updated at 11:29 PM on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Guest Book Meredith Emerson knew one of the other women at Winder’s Progress Container & Display collected postcards, so when she visited her family in …

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‘Chamber Julius Caesar’ takes a martial arts approach

Saturday 5 January 2008 @ 7:32 pm

So what will “Julius Caesar” be this time? Mafia slasher epic? Fascism on the rise? Sub-Saharan warlords on a rampage? Or good old-fashioned togas, sandals, daggers and swords? COMING UP CHAMBER JULIUS CAESAR …

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Guys, gals: Why not try breaking the mold?

Tuesday 1 January 2008 @ 9:24 pm

thought. I was looking for something new to try back in the fall and ran into a local aikido instructor. I started one of his classes about a month ago, and it has been a revelation. Instead of one-dimensional motion forward on the treadmill, up and down

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