The first chapter. Free.
Kamae, the leader's stance. Centred presence in one breath, before the meeting even starts.
Read the opening of Dojo Design Dynamics: the Unseen Dojo, and Chapter 1, Kamae, the stance that is also a way of being. It comes with a full team practice you can run this week. No Aikido experience, no theory, just the stance and how to carry it into any room.
Drawn from The Dojo Design Dynamics by Mark Araujo
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What's in the kit
The stance
How to arrive stable without going rigid, firm without turning brittle, centred before a word is said.
The first ten seconds
Why how you begin a meeting shapes all of it, and "feet, breath, sentence," the reset that returns you to centre in one breath.
The Card Flip, included
A short team game to rehearse clear decisions under pressure. Run it Monday.
Testimonial
"I'm not a martial artist myself, but the philosophy felt immediately relevant. Practical without being simplistic. Grounded, memorable, and easy to apply in a business context."
Janet Frizzarin
Learning Innovation & Development Manager Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
The Author
Mark Araujo
Art Director & Culture Designer
Mark works at the seam of martial practice and modern design. Two decades shaping visual systems for global brands, from São Paulo to Australia to Spain; and, since 1997, a life on the mat. He began Aikido under Reishin Kawai Shihan, Aikikai 8th Dan, the master who brought the art to Brazil, and trained nine years at his side. His practice has since widened across the Aikikai, Iwama and Tomiki lineages.
The first chapter. Free.
Drawn from The Dojo Design Dynamics by Mark Araujo
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