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🎥 WATCH: What a Dojo Reveals Before Training Even Begins

In 45 years of visiting dojos around the world, I've learned that you can tell a lot about how a group trains before anyone even bows in. This week's video walks through what I look for. I talk about what a clean mat says about a dojo, the difference between students showing off and students focu...

by Lia Suzuki — Sep 15, 2026 aikido aikido training dojo culture lia suzuki martial arts mindset

🎥 WATCH: Why Aikido Plateaus Are a Sign of Progress

I've watched hundreds of students hit the same wall at roughly the same point in their training. In this week's video I explain why a plateau isn't a lack of progress, it's progress you can't see yet. I cover what separates the students who train through a plateau from the ones who quit, and spec...

by Lia Suzuki — Sep 08, 2026 aikido aikido training lia suzuki martial arts mindset plateau

🎥 WATCH: What Yamaguchi Sensei Taught Me About Presence

Years ago I sat in a coffee shop in Japan with Yamaguchi Sensei after training, and the quality of his attention in that conversation was identical to his attention on the mat. This week's video is about what that taught me about Zanshin. I break down what Zanshin actually is, why the most advanc...

by Lia Suzuki — Sep 01, 2026 aikido aikido training lia suzuki martial arts mindset zanshin

🎥 WATCH: Why Your Aikido Feels Worse After a Seminar

Every serious practitioner has had this experience: you come home from a seminar more confused than when you left. In this week's video I explain why that's not a problem, it's a sign the seminar actually worked. I get into what a seminar does to your nervous system, the two most common mistakes ...

by Lia Suzuki — Aug 25, 2026 aikido aikido training lia suzuki martial arts mindset seminars

🎥 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

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