Error is a natural part of life. It is designed to be the starting point of the learning curve. Mistakes are lessons and, as there is nothing that cannot be improved and refined further, the best way to enable forward...
Archive - November 2009
Josh Gold“Reductio Simplicitas – Where the Hara Is,” by Nev Sagiba
Training is like an Algebra of sorts, using the whole of ourselves; body, mind and spirit, in a way that reduces otherwise complex moves to their simplest and most efficient, immediate application. These form the basic...
“A Thousand Falls,” by Nev Sagiba
In the equestrian world it used to be a common saying, “Not until you’ve had a hundred falls will you become a rider.” Falling successfully is part of riding. Horses are more deadly than any...
“Warrior Training with Traditional Martial Arts” by Lt. Colonel Dane S. Harden
Part One: Traditions – Introduction: “The way you train is the way you fight and the way you fight is because of the way you train”…this is a common military pearl that applies to nearly every aspect of warrior...
French-speaking volunteers sought for subtitling project!
Some readers may recall how a few years ago we made a concerted effort to solicit translations of our archived articles into various foreign languages. That outreach to the world aikido community was an unqualified...
“Men in Skirts – Hakama Anecdotes,” by Nev Sagiba
About ten years ago a women’s center invited me to do a one day seminar in “self-defense.” I explained that one day is simply not enough to even begin to get an idea about the potentials involved in...