Stanley Pranin presents a 28-minute lecture titled “Morihei Ueshiba and Sokaku Takeda.” He explores the complex relationship between these two martial arts geniuses, and explains how Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu...
Archive - June 2011
Josh Gold“Keeping up with technological innovation,” by Stanley Pranin
I usually date the start of my formal aikido research activities as April 1974. This was when I first published “Aiki News,” a very modest four-page newsletter. This little labor of love was centered around...
“Aikido and Feet,” by Bartłomiej Gajowiec
“Human feet are a part of a whole self-coordinating system of body balance and stability.” Feet are our body’s supporting elements. A close look at them will reveal the whole genius of Mother Nature:...
“Self Preservation,” by Nev Sagiba
Which “self” is it that we are preserving in the event of an imminent threat? The average Jo Blo simply follows his instincts, poor as these unconsciously accumulated millions of years of ancestral...
Recommended reading: “Hideo Ohba Biography (1)” by Fumiaki Shishida
The article below written by Waseda University Professor, Fumiaki Shishida, has been selected from the extensive archives of the Online Aikido Journal. We believe that an informed readership with knowledge of the...
Peaks, Troughs and Intensity
The nature of the universe and existence consists of peaks, troughs and moments of intensity. Understanding this better, prepares you to navigate life, as it is. The nature of battle is a more intensified and...
Video Blog: “Should Weapons be a Part of Aikido Training?” engenders lively discussion on Facebook
Stanley Pranin’s Video Blog: “Should Weapons be a Part of Aikido Training?” published yesterday has stimulated a great deal of discussion on this controversial topic on Facebook. The prevailing opinion seems to be that...
Recommended reading: “Remembering O-Sensei” by Fukiko Sunadomari
The article below by Fukiko Sunadomari, a close confidante of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba, has been selected from the extensive archives of the Online Aikido Journal. It consists of an interview of several of the...
Recommended reading: “Dan Rankings” by Stanley Pranin
The article below has been selected from the extensive archives of the Online Aikido Journal. This essay by Aikido Journal Editor Stanley Pranin broaches the topic of dan rankings from a somewhat different perspective...
“Ki no Musubi – A Meeting of Minds,” by Nev Sagiba
To Melanesian islanders, being of “one mind, means exactly that. And this is why the more heavily populated Niuginis never successfully invaded them for over 50,000 years of trying to do so. In principles of law...