Initiated
in 2005, our organization (FLAI) has its HEADQUARTERS
and TECHNICAL-DIRECTOR in the group AIKIDO-IWAMA-BRASIL
and the person of CARLOS NOGUEIRA in BRAZIL.
We
form an organization open to the AIKIDOKAS who are interested
in adding, also, to their AIKI study, the system of
BUKI-WAZA (AIKI-KEN & AIKI-JO) and TAI-JUTSU of
IWAMA.
Our
philosophical objective is the development of a personal
discipline, which may take us to, and maintain us in
the best possible emotional and practical balance for
an individual through the practice of AIKIDO.
The
basic structure of our practice is the IWAMA TRAINING
SYSTEM, originated with the FOUNDER MORIHEI UESHIBA
and initially developed by MORIHIRO SAITO SHIHAN.
With
the knowledge acquired directly from the FOUNDER, MORIHIRO
SAITO SHIHAN developed a unique system of the AIKIDO
PRACTICE which is characterized by a VIGOROUS BASIC
TRAINING of TAI-JUTSU and BUKI-WAZA (AIKI-KEN &
AIKI-JO).
The
practice of this system take us to a possible comprehension
of the interrelation that exists between these aspects
of our Art, and of the dynamic foundation of its basic
structure.
With
the passing of the time, the news of SAITO-SHIHAN´s
work arrived to the AIKIDO training centers around the
world. Following the news, a pilgrimage of AIKIDOKAS
started taking the direction of IWAMA CITY. Amid the
AIKIDOKAS that traveled to study with MORIHIRO SAITO
SHIHAN, the name IWAMA-RYU is born.
Even
though the IWAMA TRAINING SYSTEM is more well known
as IWAMA-RYU (Iwama style), I do not see this SYSTEM
as a style apart, but as a structural base of our Art,
which can be the foundation for the development of any
personal style.
I
believe that our Art, the AIKI, is a tool, an instrument
of expression through which, those who follow its "DO"
have a better view of who, he or she is.
Style
is the representation of our character, is our philosophy
of thought, and it is a physical manifestation of our
spiritual presence.
I
believe that whenever we create a good and solid base,
the style flows freely.
FLAI
COMMEMORATION
CALI - COLOMBIA
Thanks
to the intense work of the INSTRUCTOR JORGE SILVA and
his students, and the support of the management and
collaborators from the COLOMBO JAPONESE CULTURAL CENTER,
was possible for us to accomplish the F.L.A.I official
launching with many days of BUKI-WAZA and TAI-JUTSU
training, awards of DANS certificates, demonstrations,
radio and television interviews, commemorations and
much joy.
Our
special thank to:
Mr.
SAKAE MACHIDA
Mrs.
AYAKO NAKATA
CONSULATES
& CONSULS
ULF
EVANES SHIHAN - SWEDEN
FERNANDO
ROMÁN SENSEI - MEXICO
ROCIO
AGÜERO SENSEI - MEXICO
WINSTON
MENDONZA - NICARAGUA
The
training is the base of the philosophy of our Art. Through
the practice, we can and we should try to develop a
individual discipline which may give us a vision of
our reality and its constant changes. This vision can
amplify our personal balance condition and create a
possibility of a better community life, which we could
call HAPPINESS.
We
know that there is not perfection or guarantees
of
constant happiness in any human system,
however,
I believe that we could say that
A
USEFUL AND ACTIVE LIFE
is
a happy life.
I
believe that is only through many years of intense study
of the MARTIAL ASPECT of AIKI that we will have the
possibility to meditate, understand and practice its
philosophy in the day-to-day of our lives.
There
are many forms of Art that can take us to the limit
of our consciousness and to a transcendency from the
body to the spirit and vice-versa, giving us glimpse
of the divine, independently of what your definition
and comprehension of this sentiment may be. What makes
a Martial Art different in this sense, is that to attain
this "ENLIGHTENMENT", we have to have an intense
interaction with other human beings as the center of
the process.
Nor
all human beings are searching for, or are interested
in walking on any kind of path to self knowledge, neither
will all of those who are interested, find their way
within the Martial Arts, or more particularly in the
AIKI.
I
believe that the people who are interested in this kind
of process, are moved by an internal necessity or a
force that pushes us to find a "method", a
"way", or a "DO", through which
we may be able to develop a capacity to feel, in a mind
and body harmonic displacement, the recognition of this
"POWER (KI)", which really exists, which creates
and transforms life.
During
the younger years of my life, my soul was influenced and
filled with the readings of histories and myths of WARRIORS
of many human cultures, especially the Japanese culture.
Believing in the possibility of a human dimension of honor,
chivalry and martial conduct, I searched for my "DO"
within the Martial Arts and I found the AIKI.
Since
my first steps within the AIKI practice path, I have
seen the real possibility of this dimension of honor
and chivalry in the hearts of many other human beings
with whom I have met and trained, at the many DOJOS
which I have visited.
Every
day, whenever I enter the DOJO, even if for few hours
and with few other human beings, I have the opportunity
to live in that dimension.
I
believe that:
Intrinsic
to the human creativity and evolution
is
the
curiosity, the nonconformity, the diversity
and
the conflict of ideological viewpoint.
&
Intrinsic
to our spiritual development is
the
human capacity of reflection and comprehension,
the
necessity of affection, and
the
development of emotional flexibility,
tolerance and collaboration.
Life
is long enough to be a great adventure,
and in parallel,
as
a part of its paradox, it is too short
for
us to waste time with any activity that
may
keep us away from the possibility of
this adventure.
