(Interviewed February 8, 1996 at the Ki Society Headquarters in Tokyo) Mind-Body Unification (Shin Shin Toitsu) and Ueshiba Sensei Ueshiba Sensei was an individual who showed what it means to exist in a relaxed state...
Archive - 2013
The Martial Artist’s Dilemma: “Traditionalism vs. Innovation,” by Charles Humphrey
I would like to address an issue in martial arts training in general that has bugged my subconscious for some time. It was only recently that I understood it well enough to articulate it clearly. Many of my realizations...
Aikidoka: “The Apologetic Martial Artists,” by Stanley Pranin
For years I have heard a vociferous chorus of naysayers lambasting aikido as an “ineffective” martial art. Even among those who practice aikido, one can hear criticism of aikido’s techniques as...
Is Aikido Teachable? by Peter Goldsbury
What a silly question! Of course aikido is teachable. The fact that there are probably a million past and present aikido practitioners in Japan and overseas is eloquent testimony to the fact. Since Morihei Ueshiba...
Aikido: A Restatement of Universal Truths by Stanley Pranin
From Aikido Journal #119 (2000) It will come as no news to long-time readers of Aikido Journal that we make a constant effort to keep alive and vibrant the figure of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. One of the reasons...
Transmission, Inheritance, Emulation 1, by Peter Goldsbury
This is part 1 of a series, recently restored and scheduled for republishing on Aikido Journal. The series is written by Peter Goldsbury a 7th dan aikido instructor who served as the president of the International...
Reply to criticism of “Towards A Reform of Aikido Technique” article by Stanley Pranin
One reader took pains to comment on my recent article titled “Towards A Reform of Aikido Technique.” Having read my thesis, he states that I consider the aikido of the senior Aikikai instructors of the...