I want to thank you very much for inviting me to come today. I became very interested in learning more about your background when I read the newsletter you sent me describing your beginnings in aikido. To begin with, I...
Archive - June 2004
Interview with Kisshomaru Ueshiba, 1978: Part II
This is the conclusion of a two-part interview with Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba regarding the recent publication of his book entitled The Founder of Aikido, Mo-rihei Ueshiba, the long-awaited biography of his father.
Interview with Bill Witt
I started training in July of 1967 and after I had been in Japan a couple of months, a friend, Julian Jacobs, asked me if I ever went to Sunday class. I was training six days a week and resting on Sunday, so I told him...
The Expansion of Aikido Abroad by Kisshomaru Ueshiba
Recently, relations between Japan and a number of other countries have grown close in many respects. Everywhere Japanese products are overflowing in foreign markets. No matter where you go in the world, you can find the...