(1926-23 November 1984). Graduate in law of Waseda University. Began aikido in Osaka in August 1942 and then spent time as an UCHIDESHI in the IWAMA Dojo during World War II. Abe relocated to France in 1952 to study law...
Archive - 2011
Josh GoldSeiseki Abe 阿部醒石
(1915-18 May 2011). 8th dan Aikikai. Retired high school teacher and master calligrapher. Began training c. 1952. In addition to being a student of Morihei UESHIBA, Abe taught him calligraphy during the last years of...
Kenshiro Abbe 阿部謙四郎
(1915-1 December 1985). 8th dan judo. Began judo training at age 14. Received 2nd dan from DAI NIHON BUTOKUKAI at age 15. Promoted to 4th dan in 1933 and then 5th dan in 1934 by the Butokukai, said to be the youngest...
Abashiri 網走
A town in the northern part of Hokkaido. Pop. 43,000. Burial place of Sokaku TAKEDA. Site of the DAITOKAN Dojo, headquarters of DAITO-RYU AIKI BUDO headmaster Tokimune TAKEDA.
“Interview with Rorion Gracie,” by James Williams and Stanley Pranin
Few martial artists, whether in the United States or abroad, have not heard of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. The ability of the Gracie brothers to work successfully against fighters of many various styles is exceptional. Even more...
Stanley Pranin explains how Aiki News & Aikido Journal began
Aikido Journal Editor Stanley Pranin describes the circumstances of how he began publication of Aiki News and Aikido Journal, the forerunners of the aikidojournal.com website.
Stanley Pranin on AikidoJournal.TV
Yoichiro Inoue: Aikido’s Forgotten Pioneer
Author: Stanley Pranin Morihei Ueshiba is universally recognized as the founder of aikido. Historians of this martial art mention to varying degrees the significant roles of Daito-ryu aikijujutsu and the Omoto religion...
Yomiuri News: “Interview with Morihei Ueshiba”
The following interview was published in the “Shukan Yomiuri” newspaper on May 27, 1956, and is published with the kind permission of the Yomiuri Shimbun Company. The text is being presented in two...
“Applying aikido in real life on the train in Japan,” by Stanley Pranin
“I immediately stood up and ran to the other end of the car. Neither man saw me coming. One was in a rage and the other dazed.” Many people who practice aikido have read the famous story titled “A Kind Word...
“Martial Arts Practice and the Deceived Mind,” by Stanley Pranin
This blog has been brewing in my brain for a long time. I have noted what to me is an inexplicable phenomenon in the thinking of many martial artists. Allow me to lay out the scenario. Although there are many reasons...