Budo: The Way Of The Warrior Podcast

This episode, recorded off of the mat, addresses how our deepest dichotomies may usurp our training. It draws attention to how we often come to training out of dichotomy and how this original dichotomy may continue to function throughout our training, stopping us from progressing to our fullest potential in the art. Please subscribe to our following social media outlets: YouTube: Senshinone Facebook: Senshin Center iTunes/SoundCloud/Spotify: "The Way of the Warrior Podcast" Please also donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated: www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com "The Last Temptation of Christ" https://www.amazon.com/Last-Temptation-Christ-Nikos-Kazantzakis/dp/068485256X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QZW7USS30HHN&dchild=1&keywords=the+last+temptation+of+christ+by+nikos+kazantzakis&qid=1619468777&sprefix=the+last+tempt%2Caps%2C236&sr=8-1 "Confidential Zen" https://www.amazon

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi parenting in the Way. Please subscribe to our following social media outlets: YouTube: Senshinone Facebook: Senshin Center iTunes/SoundCloud/Spotify: "The Way of the Warrior Podcast" Please also donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated: www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi Katsujinken and Satsujinken: The Life Bringing Sword and the Death Bringing Sword. Please donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated: www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Uberboyo videos mentioned in the podcast: https://youtu.be/C3Sz5JVCn5Q https://youtu.be/cE6ZGW_GFJY Sheep/Wolf/Sheepdog Link to Col. Dave Grossman's book, "On Combat:" https://www.amazon.com/On-Combat-audiobook/dp/B00FJWP7MK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1F5GMP4PW6RJM&dchild=1&keywords=on+combat+dave+grossman&qid=1618635030&sprefix=on+combat%2Caps%2C243&sr=8-1 Please subscribe to our following social media outlets: YouTube: Senshinone Facebook: Senshin Center iTunes/SoundCloud/Spotify: "The Way of the Warrior Podcast" Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi how and why Aikido may be spiritual. Clip from "Vision Quest": https://youtu.be/4BiC3OUNFqE Please subscribe to our following social media outlets: YouTube: Senshinone Facebook: Senshin Center iTunes/SoundCloud/Spotify: "The Way of the Warrior Podcast" Please also donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated: www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses how to make one's training an authentic practice through what he calls "the four disciplines." Please subscribe to our following social media outlets: YouTube: Senshinone Facebook: Senshin Center iTunes/SoundCloud/Spotify: "The Way of the Warrior Podcast" Please also donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated: https://www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com

In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses his Blog Entry: "Aikido and Women." Issues of Aikido practicality, unconscious business models, the cultural problem of boyhood, the social aspect of Wu-Wei ,and of being in accordance with the Tao culturally, are all discussed from the perspective of the disportioncate mat. Follow this link to the article: https://www.senshincenter.com/post/aikido-and-women Please subscribe to our following social media outlets: YouTube: Senshinone Facebook: Senshin Center iTunes/SoundCloud/Spotify: "The Way of the Warrior Podcast" Please also donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated: www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com

In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei goes into detail on what he means when he says we modern practitioners need to perform an "archeology" of Aikido in order to practice it more fully. Here, responding to a listener request, Valadez Sensei performs this archeology in relation to an article he wrote, titled "Osensei, Omoto-kyo Theology, and Ichirei-Shikon-Sangen-Hachiriki." Follow this link to the article: https://8be445f2-112b-4baa-a68a-31eac368de35.filesusr.com/ugd/864e8a_985875c57c634a0291c5516aa59f9efd.pdf Please subscribe to our following social media outlets: YouTube: Senshinone Facebook: Senshin Center iTunes/SoundCloud/Spotify: "The Way of the Warrior Podcast" Please also donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated: https://www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com Uberboyo was mentioned in this podcast episode. We are unaffiliated with him,

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs with deshi following two days of training on the Te-Sabaki in Irimi Nage. Training moves from Kihon to Live Drilling, and both venues are used to bring insight into the other aspect. Be sure to watch the related YouTube Videos: - https://youtu.be/j4aWAAdTqNI - https://youtu.be/kL14kd2m_XM The following book is mentioned in the podcast and is highly recommended: "Living with the Devil" by Stephen Batchelor Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Devil-Meditation-Good-Evil/dp/1594480877/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1615078652&sr=8-1 "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Suzuki Roshi: https://youtu.be/3vDfq1Yt5to Aikido at Senshin Center www.senshincenter.com www.facebook.com/senshincenter Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud - "Budo" The Way of the Warrior Podcast." Subscribe to our blog: https://www.senshincenter.com/blog Please support the continuing of our content on Patreon: https://www.patreon

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs with deshi following a Two-Man Jiyu Waza training session. Several key concepts are discussed which are to the interdependency of the martial and the spiritual in Aikido. Please be sure to watch the associated YouTube Video for more helpful hints on Two-Man Jiyu Waza. Two-Man Jiyu Waza YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/60fZHOUIbhc "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Suzuki Roshi: https://youtu.be/3vDfq1Yt5to Aikido at Senshin Center www.senshincenter.com www.facebook.com/senshincenter Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud - "Budo" The Way of the Warrior Podcast." Subscribe to our blog: https://www.senshincenter.com/blog Please support the continuing of our content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter

In this episode, recorded of the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses the psychology of Shu-Ha-Ri from the point of view of its cultural and historical roots and how we can and should fit it into our training today.

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs on a live drilling application for Kaiten Nage. Several deshi found it difficult to implement Kokyu and Aiki outside of Kihon Waza parameters and ended up needing to resort to external mechanical engines in order to perform the technique. This gave rise to questions on where and how Aikido's internal aspects are to be manifested outside of the exercises and drills in which they are cultivated. Please be sure to watch the associated YouTube Video for more helpful hints on Kaiten Nage applications: https://youtu.be/1-pKZY3Atlw Thank you!

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs with deshi following a Jiyu Waza training session having control devices. Several key concepts related to Shu-Ha-Ri, and Takemusu Aiki are discussed. Also, direction is given regarding the early attempts to move beyond form to the reconciliation of form. Please be sure to watch the associated two YouTube Videos on how to use control devices in Jiyu Waza as a way of implementing a progressive pedagogy. YouTube Video 1: https://youtu.be/RaW2mvyk1Nw YouTube Video 2: https://youtu.be/OHTTb9rj4TU Aikido at Senshin Center www.senshincenter.com www.facebook.com/senshincenter Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud - "Budo" The Way of the Warrior Podcast." Subscribe to our blog: https://www.senshincenter.com/blog Please support the continuing of our content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs with deshi following a Jiyu Waza training session. Several key concepts are discussed which are related to Shu-Ha-Ri training paradigms, As/If Ritual Pedagogy, and moving from forms training to training in live environments. Please be sure to watch the associated YouTube Video for more helpful hints on bridging the gap from Kihon to Jiyu. YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/qVgp7vXyowg Aikido at Senshin Center www.senshincenter.com www.facebook.com/senshincenter Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud - "Budo" The Way of the Warrior Podcast." Subscribe to our blog: https://www.senshincenter.com/blog Please support the continuing of our content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses questions and comments from the deshi on Shomenuchi Ikkyo, reconciling the strike on it way up, and the practice of No-Self. Aikido at Senshin Center www.senshincenter.com www.facebook.com/senshincenter Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud - "Budo" The Way of the Warrior Podcast." Please support the continuing of our content on Patreon with a donation of any size: https://www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter

In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei offers definitions for key terms in Aikido practice. These definitions are derived from nearly forty years of intense Budo practice and his Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate Studies in Japanese Religious Cultural History.

In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses some of the last words Chiba Sensei offered to teachers and students on Aikido. Valadez Sensei discusses these words and what they may mean at an individual level in light of a survey recently conducted by Aikido Journal. Chiba Sensei's Video: https://youtu.be/4fY1orKqCMI Aikido Journal's Special Report: https://aikidojournal.com/2020/12/11/aikido-demographics-a-special-report/ Please follow us on Facebook at Senshin Center and subscribe to our YouTube Channel at Senshinone.

In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a listener's question on how one should physically condition for Aikido training. To view the referenced podcast on Pavel Tsatsouline, see: https://youtu.be/Rm0GNWSKzYs For questions on this episode or for suggested reflection points for future podcasts, please email us at: senshinone@gmail.com. For further information, please visit www.senshincenter.com, follow us at Facebook.com/senshincenter, or view over 400 videos and hours of information on our YouTube Channel: youtube.com/senshinone.

In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei begins a series of elaborations on his Annual Reflections. Here, he starts with April 2012. In particular, this discussion focuses on the role of the teacher and how the practical function of a teacher is contested by modern culture and modern pedagogy today. For questions on this episode or for suggested reflection points for future podcasts, please email us at: senshinone@gmail.com. For further information, please visit www.senshincenter.com, follow us at Facebook.com/senshincenter, or view over 400 videos and hours of information on our YouTube Channel: youtube.com/senshinone.

In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei continues his series of discussions on the Founder's mysticism, and on the semantic problem of understanding that mysticism from the point of view of the Modern episteme. These discussion will provide historical context to the Founder's practice and the centrality that his religiosity held in within his art. They will also culminate in a position on what exactly was the art for the Founder and what it could be for us as well. Please follow the following links for further information mentioned in the podcast episode: Pre-War and Post-War Comparison Video: https://youtu.be/YCgfpjaS4Lg Chris Li's Blog Entry on the mentioned three technical manuals: https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/budo-moritaka-ueshiba-1938-technical-manual/fbclid=IwAR3BRBA68ehk5Q64Bcxof10Woxwf37wQvVyjvFgu4M8Joabt2Qb5wg_GPHE "After the Ecstasy, the Laundry," by Jack Kornfield https://www.amazon.com/After-Ecstasy-Laundry-Heart-Spiritual/dp/0553378295/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S7J7L0MK7JY

In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei continues his series of discussions on the Founder's mysticism, and on the semantic problem of understanding that mysticism from the point of view of the Modern episteme. These discussion will provide historical context to the Founder's practice and the centrality that his religiosity held in within his art. They will also culminate in a position on what exactly was the art for the Founder and what it could be for us as well. Please follow the following links for further information mentioned in the podcast episode: Morihei Ueshiba's "Takemusu Aiki." https://web.archive.org/web/20170312092259/http://members.aikidojournal.com/public/takemusu-aiki-lectures-of-morihei-ueshiba-founder-of-aikido-1 Michel Foucault's "The Order of Things." https://www.amazon.com/Order-Things-Archaeology-Human-Sciences-ebook-dp-B007PTABZ8/dp/B007PTABZ8/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1562015815 Stanley Pranin's reflections on the writings and translations of Osensei: