Browsing all posts in June, 2007.
The Different Weapons that Are Used in Aikido
Aikido doesn’t naturally encourage the use of weapons since its primary aim is to avoid injury and defend instead of attack. However, Aikido practitioners understand that people who have weapons have advantages in actual combat and thus they are taught how to effectively counter attacks through different means.
What Are Concerns Of Using Chemicals Vs Natural Fermentation?
As always in the battle between chemical and natural, it is usually the natural than wins the war, even though the chemical wins quite a few battles along the way. In other words, there are new natural components called bacterocins which can act in the same way as Sulphur dioxide. If and when these are totally understood and proved to the efficient, then sulphur dioxide will be eliminated from the process to have a 100 per cent organic wine!
The Different Dynamics in the Practice of Aikido
Aikido is a fluid art and the fact that it is fluid means that the practioners of Aikido should be acquainted with the motions involved. This article explores some of those dynamic moves and motions employed in the practice of Aikido.
What Other Uses Are There To Use My Wine With (Food Pairing?)
Many people remain under the impression that wine is only for drinking with dinner. There is nothing further from truth. The are a number of other uses where wine excels, besides the fact that regular and moderate use can prevent heart related problems and extend longevity.
The Origins of Aikido
Aikido has grown a lot from a simple art known only to people and martial artists in Japan to a worldwide martial art with plenty of adherents. Aikido specialists exist in every country of the world today and this article explores the origins of Aikido and its progression into a worldwide martial art.
Nietzsche’s Lacerations
Not a great day today for Nietzsche the Iguana. For many years he has had a beautiful long tail, and now he has been shortened by 18″. He has been fighting with Junior all weekend and today I found him with his tail mostly torn off and bleeding. The tail has completely fallen off now, and he is resting on his heat rock. I’m not sure if he hit his tail against the cage, or lost this to a fight with Junior, or caught up climbing. I just hope he doesn’t get some kind of infection. There are other marks and scrapes on his tail. His vet isn’t open until Monday, so I will watch him this closely this weekend and call then Monday morning.
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Aikido Moves and Their Uses in Both Practice and Combat
Aikido moves can be used both in practice and combat and it all depends on what you learn to use in any situation. This article explores the different Aikido moves that can be used in different situations and how to carry them out.
After Making Wine, How Long Does one Have to Wait to Enjoy it?
There was, in the beginning of the times, a dire need to let wine age for some good years before being consumed, because the grapes, the mixing and the overall procedure of making wine resulted in a harsh basis wine. Today, this is not the case anymore. You do not have to wait much nowadays to enjoy the full potential of your wine. Some wines can be consumed as soon as they are bottled, while some need some 2-7 years of wait. The day has come to have your wine ‘FRESH’!
