Beginning in 1943, defeat in the war was gradually becoming a certainty and ominous clouds began to gather over Japan. However, at least Shinkyo (Hsin-ching, present-day Ch'ang-ch'un) in Manchuria was still a paradise...
Archive - March 2003
Josh GoldAn Aikido Life, by Gozo Shioda: Part XIV
Gozo Shioda travels through tropical paradises on his way to Pontianak in Borneo. He tells of shopping sprees and unusual encounters with a new culture. But his comforts and pleasures are assured when he begins to teach...
Hideo Ohba Biography, Part I
Kenji Tomiki Sensei spent his lifetime on the development of Tomiki Aikido, and is rightfully credited as an outstanding innovator in the field of martial arts. What many don’t know is that in the shadow of this...
An Aikido Life, by Gozo Shioda: Part XIII
Having earlier agreed to an arranged marriage, Gozo Shioda meets his betrothed for the first time while assigned to Taiwan. Wedding plans, the ceremony on New Year’s Eve and a sea voyage back to Japan against the...
Interview with Diane Bauerle
New AIKI NEWS English Editor offers a glimpse of her life as a foreign aikidoist in Japan and gives an insider’s view on Tomiki aikido.
Interview with Yoshimitsu Yamada (2) by Stanley Pranin
From Aiki News #91 (Spring 1992) The New York Aikikai’s Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan promotes an orthodox standard of basics in his aikido teachings, books, and videos, yet maintains a flexible balance within the diversity...
Interview with Kyoichi Inoue, Katsuyuki Kondo, and Kenji Ushiro at Aiki Expo 2002
On the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, three of the Japanese teachers invited to instruct at Aiki Expo 2002—Kyoichi Inoue (aikido), Katsuyuki Kondo (Daito-ryu) and Kenji Ushiro (karate...
Will Someone Do Something? by Russell Pearse
“In aikido, we are training to deal with violence and aggression and to deal with it in a manner proportional to the threat.” I recently experienced an incident which defined for me the reason I am studying...
Interview with Dr. Yoji Kondo
When I was young, they formally started teaching judo or kendo in middle school, at the beginning of seventh grade. But the war ended before I was quite old enough, and the teaching or practicing of judo, kendo, and...