“If you have ever experienced déjà vu or had an intuitive foresight that came true, or a kindred experience, you will, if reasonable, be driven to ask questions.” Magnetic resonance scanning experiments with...
Archive - July 2010
Josh Gold“My Visit to Budo Yoseikan and Thoughts on Visiting Dojos,” by Mark Sternlicht
During my recent vacation, Aikido Journal published “Morihei Ueshiba and Minoru Mochizuki” by Stanley Pranin. Master Mochizuki founded Budo Yoseikan. Coincidentally, I saw Budo Yoseikan’s dojo in Torrance, CA...
“Of Kid and Child,” by Drew Gardner
There are four mind sets that an Aikidoka can possess. They are the kid, the child, the adult-child, and the adult. Only two of these roles lead to success in learning or teaching Aikido. These two are the child and the...
X. “The Experience of Mastery Re-Examined,” by Charles A. McCarty
Spiritual mastery is a quality or state for which there are no certain, reproducible objective criteria. As is the case with the creative arts, evaluation is difficult and our judgments reflect our own needs and biases...
“Montreal Aikido Wizard Performs His Magic at River of Life: Massimo di Villadorata, June 25-27, 2010,” by Marguerite Del Giudice
Massimo Di Villadorata, the wiry and bespectacled Italian-born shihan who introduced aikido to Canada in 1967, arrived at River of Life dojo this year with his usual canny exuberance and spirited entourage from...