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🎥 WATCH: Why Trying Harder Makes Your Aikido Worse

There's a specific moment every Aikido student eventually hits: you stop trying to force the technique, and it works. In this week's video I dig into what "fighting" your partner actually means technically, and why it has nothing to do with being aggressive. I cover why your nervous system reads ...

by Lia Suzuki — Aug 18, 2026 aikido aikido training lia suzuki martial arts mindset technique

🎥 WATCH: The Real Difference Between Dan Grades

People ask me all the time what actually separates the different dan grades in Aikido. The honest answer is that technique alone doesn't explain it — and most people asking the question are already sensing that something else is going on. That explained it — but it also confirmed what I look for ...

by Lia Suzuki — Jul 28, 2026 advanced aikido aikido aikido teachers aikido technique aikido timing aikido training japanese aikido japanese martial arts martial arts training yamaguchi sensei

🎥 WATCH: Why Advanced Aikidoka Train Completely Differently Than Beginners

If you've ever watched a senior student train and thought, "that doesn't look anything like what I'm doing," you're right — and the difference isn't just skill level. It's a fundamentally different relationship with the training itself. In this week's video, I share a story about a sandan student...

Jul 21, 2026 advanced aikido aikido aikido teachers aikido technique aikido timing aikido training japanese aikido japanese martial arts martial arts training yamaguchi sensei

🎥 WATCH: Why Japanese Aikido Masters Move Differently

Have you ever watched a senior instructor move and felt like something was different, but couldn't quite say what? I've felt that for years. I spent nearly a decade living and training in Japan, and there's a quality to how the senior instructors there move that I've never seen fully replicated a...

Jul 14, 2026 advanced aikido aikido aikido teachers aikido technique aikido timing aikido training japanese aikido japanese martial arts martial arts training yamaguchi sensei

🎥 WATCH: Why Some Aikido Students Improve Faster Than Others

Every dojo has them. The students who seem to improve faster than everyone else. Most people assume they're naturally talented. But after many years of teaching, I've noticed something different. The students who make the most progress often share a few habits that have nothing to do with athleti...

by Lia Suzuki — Jun 23, 2026 aikido aikido training beginner's mind curiosity dojo training learning lia suzuki martial arts personal development skill development

🎥 WATCH: Why Ukemi May Be the Most Important Skill in Aikido

Most people learn Ukemi because they don't want to get hurt. That's certainly important. But over the years, I've come to believe that Ukemi teaches some of the deepest lessons in Aikido. Timing. Balance. Connection. And perhaps most importantly, how to learn directly from another person's moveme...

by Lia Suzuki — Jun 16, 2026 aikido aikido philosophy aikido training balance connection dojo practice martial arts receiving techniques timing ukemi

🎥 WATCH: The Moment Aikido Starts Making Sense

Have you ever had a technique suddenly make sense after struggling with it for months—or even years? Most practitioners assume breakthroughs happen because they finally figured something out. But what if the breakthrough was quietly developing long before you noticed it? In this week's video, I e...

by Lia Suzuki — Jun 09, 2026 aikido aikido training aki usa martial arts motor learning practice skill development takeda sensei timing training plateau

🎥 WATCH: What changed my Aikido

For years, I watched senior Japanese Aikido teachers and noticed something that I couldn't quite explain. They often seemed to move less. They entered earlier. They stayed connected in a way that felt completely different. Recently, I had a realization that helped me understand one of those lesso...

Jun 02, 2026 aikido aikido training budo japanese aikido lia suzuki martial arts takeda shihan ukemi yamaguchi sensei zanshin

🎥 WATCH: Why Soft Aikido Is More Difficult Than Most People Think

Soft Aikido often looks effortless from the outside. But in reality, it may be one of the hardest things to develop in training. In this week’s video, I talk about: why softness actually requires strong structure how tension disrupts timing and connection the hidden danger of “getting good” at f...

by Lia Suzuki — May 26, 2026 aikido aikido training budo dojo training japanese martial arts ki lia suzuki martial arts movement posture soft aikido ukemi yamaguchi sensei

🎥 WATCH: Why Aikido Feels So Confusing at the Beginning of Training

Almost everyone feels confused when they first start training Aikido. The movements feel unusual.The timing feels backwards.And many of the instincts we rely on in conflict—blocking or retreating—don’t seem to apply. But this confusion isn’t a problem. In fact, it’s part of the learning process. ...

by Lia Suzuki — May 19, 2026 aikido beginners aikido mindset aikido philosophy aikido practice aikido training budo learning martial arts training

🎥 WATCH: Why Trying Harder Can Actually Slow Your Aikido Progress

One of the most common mistakes beginners make in Aikido is simply trying too hard. Not trying too hard to attend class. Not trying too hard to improve. But trying so hard in the technique itself that the body becomes tense and the partner gets overpowered. In this week’s video, I talk about a fe...

by Lia Suzuki — Apr 28, 2026 aikido beginners aikido principles aikido structure aikido timing aikido training budo training martial arts training

🎥 WATCH: The Skill Most Aikido Students Don’t Realize They’re Missing

Many Aikido students focus almost entirely on learning techniques. But there’s another skill that often gets overlooked—and it can make a huge difference in how quickly you improve. It’s the skill of how to watch. Experienced practitioners observe demonstrations very differently than beginners. T...

by Lia Suzuki — Apr 21, 2026 aikido concepts aikido instruction aikido practice aikido progress aikido training dojo learning lia suzuki martial arts observation

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