“In reality our primary need for self-defense today is truly defense against ourselves!” This article highlights a topic of great importance for all aikidoka and martial artists. I have written a number of...
Archive - July 2016
Kazuo Chiba — Ruthless Awareness by Tom Collings
“The emotional intensity, and range of emotions in that class was amazing — terror, fearlessness, vulnerability, and invincibility.” The following text recalling special training with Kazuo Chiba Sensei at...
Using Koichi Tohei’s Model as a Baseline by Mike Sigman
“Tohei has shown substantive use of physically-verifiable aspects of ki in his techniques since well before he left Hombu Dojo as the Chief Instructor.” One of the big problems with many of the Aikido...
Grab releases by Josh Gold
Aikido practitioners typically embrace the grab of an attacker and use it to their advantage. However, there are times when escape is the best course of action. This is when grab releases become valuable. Purpose At...