Podcasts by Budo: The Way of the Warrior Podcast
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Episode 79: "Faith: The Reconciliation of Fear." from 2021-12-20T00:26:07
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei has a conversation with a deshi on faith, the reconciliation of fear, and on moving one's practice from a conceptual understanding to the level ...
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Episode 78: "Navigating a Traditional Teacher" from 2021-12-09T04:08:54
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses the topic of navigating a true sensei/deshi relationship with his students.
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Episode 77: "Hold Fast" from 2021-12-01T01:47:34
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a deshi's about a recent Facebook post.
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Episode 76: "Aikido Ritual: The Order and Disorder of Things" from 2021-11-25T05:36:13
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a deshi's comment on the cultural shock of going off to the university. This topic extends into seeing Aikido Kihon Waza as ritual, an...
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Episode 75: "Injuries, Non-Contestation, and the Faith for Non-Contestation" from 2021-11-21T22:37:21
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses how to train through or with injuries, the practice of non-contestation, which is central to Jiu-Jitsu and thus Aikido, and the requir...
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Episode 74: "Fear" from 2021-11-20T04:27:58
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a deshi's question on fear.
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Episode 73: "Don't Runaway from Knife Training" from 2021-11-15T01:24:32
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei reads and elaborates upon two of his blog entries. (See links below)
https://www.senshincenter.com/post/the-problem-of-techniques-the...
Episode 72: "The Dark Night of the Soul" from 2021-11-13T05:50:57
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei St. John of the Cross and the Dark Night of the Soul - a phase encountered by those that have entered the depths of The Way.
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Episode 71: Ukemi - The Practice of Uke from 2021-11-11T23:17:52
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses Ukemi - The practice of Uke.
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Episode 70: "First/Second Mind Aspect Integration and the Wisdom Course Way" from 2021-10-23T19:10:58
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a listener's topic for discussion and explains deeper his understanding of Budo practice, skill, and training to his deshi.
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Episode 69: "Worldly Politics in the Dojo & The Spirit of Jezebel" from 2021-10-17T20:26:30
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a listener's topic for discussion.
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Episode 68: The Freedom of Forgiveness and the Acceptance of Self and Others from 2021-10-03T21:49:30
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a deshi's question on harbored anger. Apologies, but the volume is low on this episode. Perhaps, ear buds are in order. We will be ...
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Episode 67: "Some Questions and Some Answers" from 2021-08-29T06:31:42
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei answers a few questions on random topics posed by deshi.
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Episode 66: "I = Pushing" from 2021-08-21T21:16:48
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a deshi's question on how to stop contesting against Uke's push. Please watch the accompanying video on Facebook and/or on YouTube by...
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Episode 65: "On Ukemi" Part II from 2021-08-08T02:02:22
In this episode, recorded on the mat, at a listener's request, Valadez Sensei continues to discuss Ukemi in Aikido. This podcast is meant to be accompanied by a video filmed during the recording o...
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Episode 64: "On Ukemi" Part I from 2021-08-01T03:24:14
In this episode, recorded on the mat, at a listener's request, Valadez Sensei discusses Ukemi in Aikido. This podcast is meant to be accompanied by a video filmed during this podcast. Please watc...
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Episode 63: "Job, Jung, the Path, and the Second Mind Aspect" from 2021-07-11T01:28:35
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei answers a deshi's question on the Book of Job and the spirit path of Aikido.
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Episode 62: "The Asceticism of Listening" from 2021-07-05T22:59:18
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei expands upon a deshi's question and comment on the practice of listening in her training.
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Episode 61: The Fire Ritual and Kihon Waza from 2021-06-12T00:21:30
In this episode, recorded on of the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses how Kihon Waza operates ritually and different from the modern commerical self-defense "If/Then" paradigm.
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Episode 60: "Mystery" from 2021-05-20T17:58:13
In this episode, recorded on of the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi the need for and the inevitability of mystery in our practice. Please see the associated class in question and the ...
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Episode 59: "Seeing Our Original Dichotomy" from 2021-04-26T20:47
This episode, recorded off of the mat, addresses how our deepest dichotomies may usurp our training. It draws attention to how we often come to training out of dichotomy and how this original dicho...
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Episode 58: "The Next Generation - Parenting in the Way" from 2021-04-24T13:30:27
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi parenting in the Way.
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Episode 57: "The Life Bringing Sword & The Death Bringing Sword" from 2021-04-17T04:51:58
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi Katsujinken and Satsujinken: The Life Bringing Sword and the Death Bringing Sword.
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Episode 56: "Is Aikido Spiritual?" from 2021-04-13T04:48:57
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi how and why Aikido may be spiritual.
Clip from "Vision Quest":
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Episode 55: "The Four Disciplines" from 2021-04-04T04:02:13
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses how to make one's training an authentic practice through what he calls "the four disciplines."
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Episode 54: "Aikido and Women" from 2021-03-29T23:00:16
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses his Blog Entry: "Aikido and Women." Issues of Aikido practicality, unconscious business models, the cultural problem of boyhood, the ...
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Episode 53: The Archeology of Omoto-Kyo Theology in Aikido from 2021-03-28T21:39:12
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei goes into detail on what he means when he says we modern practitioners need to perform an "archeology" of Aikido in order to practice it more f...
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Episode 52: "The Buddha and Mara - The Need for a Martial Context in Aikido" from 2021-03-07T01:06:36
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs with deshi following two days of training on the Te-Sabaki in Irimi Nage. Training moves from Kihon to Live Drilling, and both venues ...
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Episode 51: "The Non-Twoness of the Martial and the Spiritual in Aikido." from 2021-02-27T04:40:52
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs with deshi following a Two-Man Jiyu Waza training session. Several key concepts are discussed which are to the interdependency of the ...
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Episode 50: "The Psychology of Shu-Ha-Ri and Takemusu Aiki" from 2021-02-11T02:39:13
In this episode, recorded of the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses the psychology of Shu-Ha-Ri from the point of view of its cultural and historical roots and how we can and should fit it into our trai...
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Episode 49: "The Martial Arena for Aikido's Internal Aspects from 2021-02-06T05:32:20
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs on a live drilling application for Kaiten Nage. Several deshi found it difficult to implement Kokyu and Aiki outside of Kihon Waza par...
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Episode 48: "Jiyu Waza Progressions and Control Devices" from 2021-01-26T05:41:23
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs with deshi following a Jiyu Waza training session having control devices. Several key concepts related to Shu-Ha-Ri, and Takemusu Aiki...
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Episode 47: "Filling in the Blanks: Kihon Waza to Jiyu Waza Training and Drilling from 2021-01-20T19:07:30
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei debriefs with deshi following a Jiyu Waza training session. Several key concepts are discussed which are related to Shu-Ha-Ri training paradigm...
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Episode 46: "Ikkyo and the Practice of No-Self" from 2021-01-19T06:05:10
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses questions and comments from the deshi on Shomenuchi Ikkyo, reconciling the strike on it way up, and the practice of No-Self.
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Episode 45: Definitions from 2021-01-14T01:18:38
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei offers definitions for key terms in Aikido practice. These definitions are derived from nearly forty years of intense Budo practice and his Bac...
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Episode 44: Chiba Sensei "In His Own Words" & Aikido Journal's Special Report from 2021-01-01T00:45:18
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses some of the last words Chiba Sensei offered to teachers and students on Aikido. Valadez Sensei discusses these words and what they m...
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Episode 43: Physical Conditioning for Aikido Training from 2020-01-02T23:28:04
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei addresses a listener's question on how one should physically condition for Aikido training.
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Episode 42: The Way of the Patriarchs from 2019-10-28T18:14:25
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei begins a series of elaborations on his Annual Reflections. Here, he starts with April 2012. In particular, this discussion focuses on the rol...
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Episode 41: "Osensei the Mystic and Epistemic Rifts" (Part III) from 2019-09-03T01:36:34
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei continues his series of discussions on the Founder's mysticism, and on the semantic problem of understanding that mysticism from the point of v...
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Episode 40: "Osensei the Mystic and Epistemic Rifts" (Part II) from 2019-07-15T00:47:09
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei continues his series of discussions on the Founder's mysticism, and on the semantic problem of understanding that mysticism from the point of v...
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Episode 39: "Osensei the Mystic and Epistemic Rifts" from 2019-07-01T23:36:43
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei begins a series of discussions on the Founder's mysticism, and on the semantic problem of understanding that mysticism from the point of view o...
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Episode 38: How does a Deshi generate the most success in their practice? from 2019-06-17T19:47:39
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei answers a deshi's request to speak on the role of the deshi within the Sensei/Deshi relationship. Valadez Sensei addresses this question from ...
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Episode 37: "Do you need a Sensei?" from 2019-06-10T20:44:03
In this episode, recorded off the mat, Valadez Sensei answers a deshi's request to speak on the Sensei/Deshi relationship. Valadez Sensei uses this opportunity to ask and answer the question: "Do ...
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Episode 36: "The Role on Strength Training in Budo." from 2019-05-13T22:58:50
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei answers a listener's request to speak on the how Senshin Center uses Kettle Bells as part of the dojo's overall curriculum. Additionally, Valade...
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Episode 35: The Spirituality of Aikido and Metrics for Growth from 2019-05-07T02:22:23
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei answers a listener's request to speak on the question of, "How do we measure growth in Aikido?" Valadez Sensei begins this discussion by repeatin...
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Episode 34: "Shoshin - Beginner's Mind, Ordinary Mind, Budo Mind." from 2019-04-29T21:54:49
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei answers a listener's request to speak on "Shoshin" or "The Beginner's Mind." Valadez Sensei begins this discussion by reading the prologue from S...
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Episode 33: Musashi's "Dokkodo" - "The Path Walked Alone." from 2019-04-22T22:15:11
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei reflects aloud on Miyamoto's Musashi's "Dokkodo" - "The Path Walked Alone." This text was written in 1645, one week before Musashi's death. It ...
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Episode 32: On Commitment and Discipline from 2019-04-15T20:01:18
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei reflects aloud on commitment and discipline, and he proposes some very practical perspectives and practices on how to development them. He addit...
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Episode 31: "Forms & Competition: The Fallacy of the Universal/Individual Dichotomy." from 2019-04-09T16:45:01
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei reflects aloud on the limitations of controlled training environments and live training environments. In particular, he brings to the surface th...
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Episode 30: Pushing Past Limits and the Need for Failure from 2019-03-11T03:01:25
In this episode, recorded on the Mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi the importance of pushing ourselves past our perceived limits and the positive significance of failure in our own impro...
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Episode 29: How to Select a Dojo and Getting Out of Our Own Way from 2019-03-04T23:10
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei discusses how to select a dojo and the role that Shoshin, Beginner's Mind, or humility, plays in our training success. As with preceding podcast...
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Episode 28: Warrior Mindset for Training, Asocial Violence, and Life from 2019-02-24T23:15:44
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses how training requires and cultivates "Fudoshin," the Immoveable Mind.
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Episode 27: Osensei's 1932 Interview, "A Leap of the Spirit - Emergence of the Superhuman." from 2019-02-19T02:49:05
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei reads and comments upon Christopher Li's translation of an interview Osensei did in 1932. To date, this is the earliest known interview done by ...
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Episode 26: What is Center and Center-Power? (Kokyu-Ryoku and Aiki) from 2019-02-11T03:19:48
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei answers a question from an Aikidoka in Iran: What is Center and Center-Power, and how does one develop it?
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Episode 25: "The History of Thought and Jiyu Waza" from 2019-02-04T02:58:52
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei discusses the History of Thought as it pertains to East Asian Pre-Modern epistemology and discourse, and on how this impacts our understanding an...
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Episode 24: Osensei's "Kannagara no Jutsu" from 2019-02-02T07:01:17
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei reads and comments upon Osensei's "Kannagara no Jutsu," in English, "The Art that is in Accordance with God." This speech given by Osensei helps...
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Episode 23: "The Technology of Violence in Traditional Budo Training" from 2019-01-21T00:21:48
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi the traditional use of violence in Budo training, how it has functioned as part of the self-transformation process hist...
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Episode 22: "Training and the Problem of Seeing" from 2019-01-13T23:04:23
In this episode, Valadez Sensei is asked by his deshi to comment upon the "problem of seeing," the early-on incapacity to see what one is looking at in the teacher's demonstration or his/her techni...
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Episode 21: "Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now, and Budo" from 2019-01-06T00:16:28
In this episode, Valadez Sensei is asked by his deshi to comment upon the similarities and differences between Tolle's teachings and Budo.
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Episode 20: "Osensei's 1962 Radio Interview" from 2019-01-03T07:31:16
In this episode, Valadez Sensei reads and comments upon Osensei's 1962 radio interview - available on Aikido Journal. This is an in-studio recording.
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Episode 19" "Strength and Budo" from 2018-12-27T08:28:50
In this episode, Valadez Sensei is alone and on the mat, talking about the importance of cultivating strength in Budo training.
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Episode 18: "Budo: The Church of Fear" from 2018-12-24T19:03:02
In this episode, Valadez Sensei speaks on the mat following a class that generated fear and its associated unconsciousness in his deshi. Valadez Sensei discusses Budo as a "technology of the self"...
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Episode 17: "The Asceticism of Budo" from 2018-12-17T02:16:05
In this episode, Valadez Sensei speaks on how to make the most of one's practice, how to instill it with life-changing meaning, and how to bring asceticism into one's Budo.
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Episode 16: "Practice Makes Permanent & The Mentor Catalyst" from 2018-11-26T00:42:42
In this episode, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi the truth that "practice makes permanent" (vs. the fallacy "practice makes perfect), and the technological role the mentor plays as a cataly...
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Episode 15: "What is Aikido?" from 2018-11-24T04:34:37
In this episode, Valadez Sensei, using his post-graduate studies, discusses East Asian Cultural and Religious History, its impact on Japan, Japanese Martial Arts, and Osensei, while reflecting upon...
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Episode 14: "The Way of Deconstructing Struggle (Aiki)" from 2018-11-13T00:08:03
In this episode, Valadez Sensei has a discussion with deshi following a zazen session. The discussion focuses in on the skills of release and non-contestation and on how to practice them in our...
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Episode 13: "Reflections on How to Run a Successful Dojo." (Part II) from 2018-10-29T21:46:01
In this episode, Valadez Sensei reads and discusses in studio part one of his writing, "How to Run a Successful Dojo." He elaborates on the effects of current commercial trends, concepts of truth ...
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Episode 12: The "Dressage Pony" Uke, "Tethering the Monkey Mind," and Commitment from 2018-10-01T20:27:01
Welcome to Budo: The Way of the Warrior Podcast. These podcasts are a collection of historical and philosophical references, contemplations, lectures and exchanges with David M. Valadez, his studen...
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Episode 11: "Jiyu Waza - The Heart of Budo Training." from 2018-09-04T04:21:33
Welcome to Budo: The Way of the Warrior Podcast. These podcasts are a collection of historical and philosophical references, contemplations, lectures and exchanges with David M. Valadez, his studen...
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Episode 10: Working Toward Spontaneity of Art (Takemusu Aiki) from 2018-05-14T17:21:57
Welcome to Budo: The Way of the Warrior Podcast. These podcasts are a collection of historical and philosophical references, contemplations, lectures and exchanges with David M. Valadez, his studen...
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Episode 9: "Reflections on How to Run a Successful Dojo." (Part 1) from 2018-04-18T20:59:30
In this episode, Valadez Sensei reads and discusses in studio part one of his writing, "How to Run a Successful Dojo." He elaborates on the effects of current commercial trends, concepts of truth ...
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