The Rest of Taido/Blog

Lots of peo­ple use this site as a resource for learn­ing tech­ni­cal details and Taido the­ory. I think that’s spec­tac­u­larly good, but there’s more to Taido than mem­o­riz­ing the gojokun and watch­ing videos of hokei from some tour­na­ment five years ago. Sometimes even just train­ing isn’t enough unless we keep a clear view of the big picture.

There's a whole other side of Taido: the soul side.

I’ve col­lected some of my favorite arti­cles about Taido’s soul — the stuff that makes Taido fun and worth­while. Without the soul, this is just another hobby. Reading through these arti­cles will get you think­ing about what Taido really means to you.

Does think­ing replace prac­tice? No. But nor can prac­tice replace think­ing. To really get the most out of this Taido thing, you need to do both.

The Rest of Taido/Blog is about 50 pages worth of think­ing that will enrich your prac­tice. You’ll get a link to down­load it for free, imme­di­ately after you sign up via the form below.

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If you want to down­load the snazzy ebook — sim­ply enter your name and email address below (if you can’t see the form, make sure your browser sup­ports Java and any adblocker scripts are turned off).

Once you sub­scribe, you’ll get auto­matic reminders to prac­tice mind­fully in every train­ing ses­sion. After a few weeks, you’ll notice that you’re pick­ing up new skills more eas­ily and exe­cut­ing the old ones with greater pre­ci­sion and effec­tive­ness. Sign up now to bring your mind into the dojo and accel­er­ate your progress.

5 Responses to The Rest of Taido/Blog
  1. Mikael Jansson

    I want to down­load the snazzy ebook. Lets see whats in it :)

  2. sean killham

    snazzy book sounds entic­ing, sign me up!

    also, thanks for com­ing to our lit­tle penal colony, i always enjoy hear­ing peo­ples ideas on taido and try­ing new forms of practice.

  3. andy

    I’ve sent the down­load link to every­one who has sub­scribed to the list. If I’ve some­how man­aged to miss you, please send me an email, and I’ll get it to you right away.

  4. Amir

    I just fin­ished up read­ing every­thing. I had already read most stuff about 2 years ago, when I was an absolute begin­ner, but now I under­stand most of these ideas a lot bet­ter. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I really appre­ci­ate all the work you’ve put in to these arti­cles. This is one of the few places with read­ing resources in English, and I feel as if I am learn­ing Taido a lot quicker than I oth­er­wise would.

    So again, thanks!

    • andy

      That’s great, Amir. I’m very glad to help.

      Part of what you wrote reminded me of some­thing I’ve found to be true in my train­ing. Sometimes, it feels like we’re going in cir­cles. We keep return­ing to the same things again and again, and each time is as chal­leng­ing and frus­trat­ing as the first. What we have a dif­fi­cult time see­ing is our own progress. Though we feel we’re going around in cir­cles, we’re actu­ally spi­ral­ing up higher and higher with each revolution.

      Every time we return to an “old” idea, there is the chance to learn some­thing new from it.

      Thanks for remind­ing me of that.

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The Rest of Taido/Blog is my collection of essays about Taido that will reconnect you with what it feels like to really think deeply about your training and what it means to you. And maybe even enjoy it more.

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