“Concepts create idols, only wonder grasps anything.” – Gregory of Nyssa

Shaw TV Interview with the Calgary Aikikai Dojo

A couple of days ago my friend Todd contacted me about an interview which he was setting up at the dojo with Shaw TV. Of course I agreed to be part of it despite dealing with an on going shoulder injury making it difficult to use my right arm. To tell you the truth, with little time to practice I felt as though I did pretty poorly. I gave it a go though and thankfully the TV crew did not spend too much time focusing in on my techniques. As a slight correction to the commentary however I might say that prior to being in a wheelchair I spent 3 years studying Karate. Following my car accident in 1994 I studied 9 years of Kung Fu and for the last 2 years I have been involved here at Calgary Aikikai Dojo with Aikido.

Anyways, take a look and let me know what you think of the video!

My Apologies as the video has now been taken down by Shaw and I was unable to attain a copy!

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One Response

  1. Andrew Barron

    Hello Eric,

    I saw the Shaw bit this am. For the general public it was well done, congratulations. The only point I would contest was that there was too much Todd !!!!!(ha ha ha ha…. I hope he reads this)

    Since I am non-ambulatory at this time due to my own foolishness I look forward to you teaching me some seated techniques.

    See you soon.

    Your friend and uke,
    Andrew

    March 20, 2008 at 5:13 pm

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