Today's Schedule:

5:15-6:15pm Beginning Aikido. Bill Allen

6:30-7:30pm Bokken Class. Sensei. (Please bring your own bokken.)

Ordering Bokken: Those who wish to order bokken from Japan, please see Mark.

Many students missed paying their March dues, please catch up and please pay your April dues on time. Our Dojo depends on your timely support. Many thanks,

"Muga" - Selflessness

As we often think mistakenly, we cannot eliminate our "egos" - so Muga doesn't necessarily mean to "eliminate the self," nor does it imply that the "self" is no good because the self is a part of ourselves which cannot be removed. Of course, we cannot become "selfish" people or people who are inconsiderate of others.

Muga - means to "throw away" the small, self-centered self to reveal your "bigger" self - that part of you which is connected to God, Nature, Buddha or whatever you want to call it. That part of you which is not so self-centered, but can consider others in your world as well.

In Aikido, we must become highly sensitive to the toughts and actions of others - in order to do this, we cannot be totally focused on "me."