{"id":340,"date":"2017-04-10T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2021-06-12T17:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T17:29:35","slug":"a-trip-to-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/2017\/04\/10\/a-trip-to-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trip to Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent business trip to Manila,\u00a0 Caulfield Sensei visited the RT Lawrence Corporation, a multi-national financial s<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-326 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Manila_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Manila_1.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Manila_1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Manila_1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/>oftware company. \u00a0When management learned that Mr. Caulfield is an instructor in \u201cBlack Sword Aikido,\u201d a martial art that focuses, not on striking an opponent, but rather on re-directing the opponent\u2019s energy to gain control over them, he was invited to train some of the corporation\u2019s employees in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>About twenty individuals, most with no prior martial-arts experience, took advantage of the opportunity. \u00a0\u00a0Some of the women told Mr. Caulfield that they had previously felt helpless because of their size, but after just ninety minutes of training, they now felt more confident that they could defend themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-335 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Manila_5-1-197x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Manila_5-1-197x300.jpeg 197w, https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Manila_5-1-768x1169.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Manila_5-1-673x1024.jpeg 673w, https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Manila_5-1.jpeg 841w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><br \/>\nThe word \u201cAikido\u201d means &#8220;The Way of Harmony of the Spirit.\u201d As taught by Mr. Caulfield, aikido is a way of strengthening one\u2019s mind, body, and spirit, learning one\u2019s true will, and discovering one\u2019s purpose. \u00a0Mr. Caulfield, a 5th Degree Black Belt in Ueshiba Aikido, has a dojo in Lyndeborough, NH, where he offers regular lessons. \u00a0Visitors are welcome to observe or sample a class at no cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent business trip to Manila,\u00a0 Caulfield Sensei visited the RT Lawrence Corporation, a multi-national financial software company. \u00a0When management learned that Mr. Caulfield is an instructor in \u201cBlack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,5,6],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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