Articles
Below are articles written by Dr. Paul Linden. You can read them online or download a copy of any article as a .pdf file. Note that many of the articles include photographs, but the photos were removed from the online versions. For the complete articles, download the pdf files.
| Title | Article Summary |
Category |
|---|---|---|
| Abuse Survivors in Aikido Classes | An article about the issues abuse survivors have in studying Aikido and what Aikido instructors can do to help abuse survivors practice safely and derive greatest benefit from Aikido. 4800 words. | Aikido |
| Aikido Roots and Branches: Body Awareness Training Methods and Their Applications In Daily Life | A paper delivered at the 2002 German Aiki Extensions conference. An examination of the Aikido roots of Being In Movement® mindbody training and its application in a variety of areas from gardening and pregnancy to Attention Deficit Disorder and peacemaking. 9600 words. | Aikido |
| The Non-Violence In Aikido | Article examining how combat techniques can be a path toward understanding and embodying non-violence; defining non-violence as actions grounded in an attitude of respect and compassion. 3000 words. | Aikido |
| The Use Of Touch In Aikido Practice | Article examining the combative and spiritual utility of effective touch in establishing connection between the defender and the attacker. 2500 words. | Aikido |
| Tools For Harmony: An Approach To Aikido Practice | Article examining how body awareness techniques can add to Aikido practice, with a focus on the somatic dimension of spiritual training. 6500 words. | Aikido |
| BEGINNERS' HANDBOOK from AIKIDO OF COLUMBUS | An extensive description of Aikido practice, philosophy, etiquette, safety, vocabulary, and more. 15000 words. | Aikido |
| Aiki Extensions Newsletter, Special Focus on Paul Linden | This special edition of the AE newsletter focuses on Paul Linden's body awareness training method and its relation to Aikido. “Paul is an exemplar of someone who has taken the deepest principles of Aikido and combined them with other discourses...to make a major social contribution...” Available only as a pdf download. | Aikido |
| Being in Movement: Intention as a Somatic Meditation | An examination of how intention operates to structure the body, and how work with the body can clarify and improve the process of intending.<i> Intention </i>as an operational definition of <i>energy.</i> 6000 words. | Being In Movement |
| Moving Comfortably Through Pregnancy: Body And Movement Awareness Education For Pregnant And Postpartum Women | The backaches and the waddle so common in pregnant women can easily be replaced with strong, balanced, graceful movement through body awareness education (assuming there is no underlying medical problem). 3000 words. | Being In Movement |
| Aikido Roots and Branches: Body Awareness Training Methods and Their Applications in Daily Life | A paper delivered at the 2002 German Aiki Extensions conference. An examination of the Aikido roots of Being In Movement® mindbody training and its application in a variety of areas from gardening and pregnancy to Attention Deficit Disorder and peacemaking. 9600 words. | Being In Movement |