Aikido
Aikido Advice for Women…and a Few Men
The Way of Harmony, Peace & Power

Susan Harrow and Ginny Breeland 5th Dan Aikidoka
I’m Susan Harrow, a newbie Aikidoka who just passed my 5th Kyu (the first level of Aikido). Aikido is a peaceful martial art and we’d love to have more women training with us in California and throughout the world. I knew Aikido was for me the second I saw a Shodan (first black belt) test. But it was the actual experience of training that made me know for
sure, in my body, that I was on the right road for me at this time in my life, age 52.
The training is rigorous, challenging and confronting not just for the body, but for the mind and spirit. It is also invigorating, enlivening, and absorbing. It’s a practice that gives us the opportunity to recognize patterns, habits, and tendencies that both strengthen and weaken us – to shift what isn’t working and to deepen what does. It is a profound path on many levels and I wanted to share some of Ginny’s Breeland’s wisdom with you because al
l of it is transferable to life, to our position as women in the world.
Every week I’ll be interviewing Ginny Breeland, 5th Dan (Godan) who has been training for over 30 years. Each interview we’ll focus on some aspect of Aikido training for those who want to deepen their Aikido practice. Ginny teaches and trains in Aikido at Bay Marin Aikido and in at the Cotati Rec Center.
Even if you never step into a martial arts dojo I invite you to engage with Ginny and I here and take what you will from our sessions.
Aikido: Weapons as Meditation
Aikido: Unbalancing Your Uke
Aikido: Blending With Your Uke
Aikido Training Techniques: Listen to Your Uke
Aikido Techniques: Honest Attention
Ginny Breeland Aikido demo
Aikido Demonstration: Being one with your sword
Aikido Demonstration Suwari Waza
Aikido demo Riai: sword and empty hands
Aikido demonstration holding sword space
Aikido demonstration 1000 sword strikes
Aikido demonstration jo and empty handed techniques
Aikido martial arts hasso gaeshi
Aikido martial arts Do: The Way
Aikido martial arts posture
Aikido martial arts kihon waza ikkyo
Aikido martial arts Shihonage connect to center
Aikido martial arts Nikkyo Ginny Breeland
Aikido martial arts Kaiten Nage Ginny Breeland
Aikido martial arts Sankyo Ginny Breeland
Aikido martial arts Tai No Henko Ginny Breeland
Aikido martial arts Morote dori Kokyu Ho
Aikido martial arts Tsuki Ikkyo Ginny Breeland
Aikido martial arts Hasso Gaeshi Riai Ginny Breeland
Aikido martial arts Katadori Yonkyo Ginny Breeland
Aikido martial arts Tai No Henko Kokyu Variations Ginny Breeland
Aikido martial arts Kotegaeshi with Multiple Attackers Ginny Breeland
Aikido Martial Arts Iriminage Ginny Breeland
Aikido Girl Against 3 Guys Randori Ginny Breeland
Aikido Martial Arts Tachidori Weapons Ginny Breeland
Aikido Martial Arts Suwari Waza Ikkyo Yonkyo Ginny Breeland




















