Turn up anyway. If you don’t feel like it, turn up to training. If you feel under the weather, turn up. If it’s inconvenient, turn up anyway. If the weather is bad, cold, raining, miserable, whatever, turn...
Archive - May 2010
Josh GoldMorihiro Saito, 9th Dan, in action!
(31 March 1928-13 May 2002). 9th dan Aikikai. B. Ibaragi Prefecture. Retired Japan National Railways and Aikikai Shihan. First taught by Morihei UESHIBA in Iwama in the summer of 1946. Received the property on which his...
“There Will Be Atemi,” by Nev Sagiba
Make no mistake: There will be atemi, dageki, atari…, call them what you will: there are many nuances of striking well worth studying and practicing. Tatakai or sentou, are terms used to define battle, fight...
Work in progress: “Koichi Tohei: A Retrospective”
We are well along in our latest DVD project, tentatively titled “Koichi Tohei: A Retrospective” which will contain a wealth of important historical footage of Tohei Sensei spanning the early 1950s through...
“Yoshida Kenji Photograph Verified?” from Aikido Journal forum
“The original photo in question was unevenly faded and fogged when I first saw it around 1988. I had it examined along with several others owned by Don Angier at The Brooks Institute of Photography. Verne Miller...
“Giving and Receiving,” by Drew Gardner
From even before my baptism in the Methodist Church (Protestant Christian), I was raised attending each Sunday with my family. A common theme that was delivered to many others and me was the concept surrounding...
“Commitment Resistance,” by Michael Aloia
As many of us have come to know, Aikido is an endless basket of fish and loaves. Just as we seem to near the supposed bottom, the basket overflows with more. We never go hungry. We may also realize that regardless of...
“Clashes Among Aikidoka,” by Drew Gardner
With its beautiful mission of world peace, grand and bordering on grandiose, Aikido can fail even at the individual dojo level. A bold statement just came to mind of Mr. Miyagi’s words in “The Karate...