Thankfully, the early half of my life involved lots of physical activity and some measure of the old way to effect balance with the arts and sciences. When, finally I decided to get a computer to store my writing as...
Archive - May 2011
Josh Gold“Gravity and Love – A Universal Commonality?,” by Nev Sagiba
Without gravity there would be no form. All would be a void of chaotic dark. Perhaps a soup of undifferentiated, random, sub atomic particles. No light or solidity or forms would exist. Without form, suns and planets to...
“On Transforming Your Aikido,” by Stanley Pranin
The man who created aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, was a most extraordinary person. He lived in an age of history that was tumultuous and brought out the best and worst in people. For Morihei, the circumstances he lived in...
Koichi Tohei Sensei passes at age 91
We received this message from David Shaner Sensei about the passing this morning of Koichi Tohei Sensei at the age of 91. “Dear Aikido Friends, it is with great sadness that I share the passing of Koichi Tohei...
Passing of Seiseki Abe Sensei on May 18
We just received news via Chuck Holland of the passing of Seiseki Abe Sensei at the age of 96. Seiseki Abe Sensei was one of the closest students of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba of the postwar period. A resident of...
Bruce Bookman’s response to Stan Pranin’s article, “Virtues of Aikido”
I would very much like to thank Stan Pranin Sensei for his thought-provoking article on the Virtues of Aikido. The article first appeared in 2002 but it took seeing it again recently to inspire me to write. Stan listed...
“To Play or Not To Play,” by Nev Sagiba
A Buddhist friend once said to me, when speaking of a verbal attack that had happened, “I just don’t buy into it. I don’t play their game.” Whilst some people take verbal attacks very seriously...
“A Tired Old Man – Bare Bones,” by Nev Sagiba
For those who make excuses and don’t train or who don’t take their training seriously enough to gain insights by way of mitori geiko, reading, thinking, contemplating, and above all exploring the art in...