Gabby & Paul - Harmonia Brasil

The last post

2007-08-05T23:57:54Z

Well, I´m writting this a bit late but things have been a bit complicated for the last few weeks, leaving blogging low on the priority list. In the last post I said how we were heading to Argentina for visa reasons, hoping to return to finish up ...

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5 de Junho de 2007

2007-06-05T14:20:58Z

Just an update on the everything situation... A meeting was held a couple of days ago with Bueno Sensie, Janiena (manager of Casa da Criança) and some friends from aikido and other circles, who want to help find the funds to get CdC running sust...

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31 de Maio de 2007 - Reality

2007-05-31T19:28:59Z

Firstly, thanks to all of you who have emailed me with great advice on what we can do to get Casa da Criança back up and running. Hopefully I will be having a meeting with Janaina and Bueno Sensei tomorrow to talk about it further and to discuss ...

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29 de Maio de 2007 - Advice needed

2007-05-27T16:01:19Z

I just got some bad news...Casa da Criança is closing. The facts are these: a> They are a poor community supporting and running a service to a poor community, with no professional help b> Private donations have dried up - they have no money to f...

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24 de Maio de 2007 - movimento - an update

2007-05-25T01:46:46Z

Daniel has arrived and indirectly we are seeing Brasil again with fresh eyes. Now we're not just the Australian couple, we're the Three Gringo Amigos :) I would like to say that he's having a fantastic time but the truth is he's in bed right now...

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7 de Maio de 2007 - Aikido Harmonia's 13th Birthday

2007-05-07T15:52:43Z

This weekend we celebrated Aikido Harmonia Dojo's 13th birthday! As tradition dictates, the morning was spent thoroughly cleaning the dojo. Paul and I took advantage of the time to improve the Volunteer room. The whole place looks (and smel...

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4 de Maio de 2007 - northern adventures

2007-05-04T15:28:46Z

We were invited to accompany Bueno Sensei on his tri-annual visit to Recife in the north of Brazil to visit dojos, kids, do an aikido demonstration and, of course, to see some more of Brasil. From the plane Recife (of Pernambuco state) look...

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15 de Abril de 2007 - Gradings

2007-04-15T12:35:40Z

The nice thing about gradings is seeing your friends, after a great deal of stress beforehand, put themselves out there, 100%, in the moment, often performing better than you've ever seen them perform. So it was a great pleasure to attend a week...

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2 de Abril de 2007 - Casa de Criança

2007-03-29T22:11:14Z

You're probably starting to think that all we do is holiday, party and practise aikido, so perhaps it's time to write a little about the project that inspired us to come here in the first place. First, a little background. Ação Harmonia (Actio...

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23 de Março de 2007 - A day in the Life

2007-03-23T15:27:18Z

I should've known there would be trouble when Marcos came into the dojo and his first words were "Gabrielle, I need to drink a beer...*knowing nod*...I need to drink a beer". So after a thoroughly enjoyable class (Ryotetori techniques followed by...

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