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Aikido and Family
Issue 5   Autumn 2001 - Winter 2002

Inside... Aikido and the Family by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, Chief Instructor, Aikido of Champlain Valley Breathing by David Mendenhall How It's Supposed to Work by Jonathan Trigaux Getting to Aikido and Staying There by Kevin Hutt Why Aikido? by Ed Sullivan Growing Pains by Stephen Lane The Person They Are Creating by Sergio Ventura The Family of Aikido by Geoff Abbott Our Kiddo by Denise Messier ACV Kids! featuring Blake Sullivan, Isabel Sullivan, and Nicolas Hutt The Harmony of Family by Neil Bednar Untitled Poem by Elizabeth Hazen

Editor's Note Our 5th issue's main theme explores the relationships with aikidoka and their families. Benjamin Pincus Sensei begins the issue with his humorous and insightful views on Aikido and the Family. In Breathing, David Mendenhall explores his own dynamics between aikido and family, while Jonathan Trigaux offers his glimpse in How It's Supposed to Work. "Aikido Dads" Ed Sullivan and Kevin Hutt give their perspectives raising kids in aikido with their respective articles Why Aikido? and Getting to Aikido and Staying There. Geoff Abbott describes The Family of Aikido he finds at the dojo, while Stephen Lane shares his Growing Pains of leaving that family behind. The struggle of merging aikido and family life emerge in Neil Bednar's article The Harmony of Family. Poems by Sergio Ventura, Denise Messier, and Elizabeth Hazen, and our ACV Kids! section, featuring Blake Sullivan, Isabel Sullivan, and Nicolas Hutt round out this issue. This issue is also available in PDF format and includes photos by Heidi Albright, Catrin Steward, Ed Pincus, and Dan Gauger. ACV Kids! Clockwise from back left: Clarence, Nicolas, Joshua, Leo, Griffin, Malcom, Rich, Liam, Eric, Sensei, Leela, Germaine, and Isabel (the younger). Missing from this photo are: Blake, Isabel (the elder), Anaii, Julianna, Katrina, Eliza, Luke, Alexis, Elias, Nick, Andre, Debi, Geoff, and Brent