Episode 100: "The Spiritual Component: Merton & Reconciling the Two Minds"

In this episode, Valadez Sensei, along with two of his deshi, revisits and expands upon his ascetic prescriptions, the four disciplines. To gain access to all of our continuing content, join our Entry Membership Tier for only $5/mo: www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Purchase our book: "Budo Contemplations: Life within a Warrior Ascetic" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP6PJ74X?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_ZADQ3T0W27AFHZ1VRDHE Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone

In this episode, Valadez Sensei answers a request for more detail on how the energetic and the spiritual components are integrated and utilized in Aikido praxis. Please donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated. Join our Entry Membership Tier for only $5/mo to gain access to all of our continuing content: www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone

In this episode, Valadez Sensei answers questions posed by a follower of his content. In doing so, Valadez Sensei addresses specifically the "Epistemic Rift" he has referred to many times throughout this podcast. Please donate toward our efforts via Patreon. Your assistance is greatly needed and greatly appreciated. Join our Entry Membership Tier for only $5/mo to gain access to all of our continuing content: www.patreon.com/SenshinCenter Please consider purchasing our first publication, "Budo: Life Within a Warrior Asceticism," here: https://a.co/d/6lLGaQw Please visit our website for additional information, writings, and videos: www.senshincenter.com Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone

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In this episode, Valadez Sensei begins a discussion on Kihon Waza - what it is and what it is not. The discussion begins with a reading and commenting upon his blog, "On Self-Defense." (See below for link.) Please 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 Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone Blog "On Self-Defense": https://www.senshincenter.com/post/on-self-defense

In this episode, Valadez Sensei discusses and explains his latest Gateway Aikido (#12) on Maai. This episode also goes deeper into Jiyu Waza and the three identifying markers of Aikido: The Mystical Experience, Aiki, and Takemusu Aiki. Be sure to follow all the links provided below so you can gather all the related information to this podcast episode, including two written explanations on Maai and one related video, discussed in this episode and posted on Facebook. Please 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 Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone First Post on Maai: https://www.facebook.com/100057602943088/posts/pfbid02QF8FR1ntwDY9SuYBCvkcVikxF61iD7R8AYt3f781rbqEyZBFPDQs7GVxRio5Zujdl/?mibextid=SDPelY Second Post on Maai: https://www.facebook.com/100057602943088/posts/pfbid0WJthTo42oj3cnNWwxDNoDLL7Mhw76RKq2J6pKEk7eFzJqyQW81M7sNU1oLPBhYxFl/?mibextid=SDPelY Related video: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffb.watch%2FklDmAzX3v1%2F%3Fmibextid%3DSDPelY%26fbclid%3DIwAR3NGe_mO9eNuxFETp8v5kD-c86OyWCjChTC1CGi3mm8tiCLiSzMS18pkaI&h=AT1dWFBCnT57KeZ8fIkAhg78mlC5WbFOeDmrn587TEut7-M95nXol7Ctnx6QZvEY-P6EKbqcik-A-lXMJXBuyAIL5VQ1jSX8OY28UA8lLBC5s1jOLqtmYUs2-rxSg3a0nMi3OiuLz7cszTsgnISY8R9dDBQ

In this episode, Valadez Sensei discusses the Energetic Component of Aikido training, particularly in reference to Kihon Waza. Please 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 Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone

In this episode, Valadez Sensei answers three questions from three different followers. The topics discussed are Karma Yoga, The Way of Loneliness, and Identifying Authentic Internal Skills, and much much more. Please 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 Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone Solving Common Problems to External Aikido Internally: https://fb.watch/k5FIqHplqj/ Kokyu & Aiki Real: https://www.facebook.com/100057602943088/posts/pfbid02YU3FAJV5h8BiZH1fQ3ixCT52e44n2bDCdAAhBe8PiPC9DRtJLbV6zqrLLkAkbMAYl/?mibextid=SDPelY What is Aiki Blog: https://www.senshincenter.com/post/what-is-aiki Video Referenced in Question: https://youtu.be/ywRE7_BfSZY

In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses how "Founders" work within modern institutions to limit us and to reduce our individuality and the scrutiny we can cultivate through our own experience. Please 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 Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone

In this episode, Valadez Sensei begins to guide his deshi in the beginning stages of training at the Spiritual Component of Aikido: Reconciling the Egotripartite Mind and the God Mind. Please 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 Please follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senshincenter Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/senshinone