A large, independent aikido organization in the U. S. headed by Mitsugi SAOTOME established in the late 1970s which became affiliated with the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in January 1988. It exists as an organization separate from the UNITED STATES AIKIDO FEDERATION and receives its ranks directly from the Aikikai.
As a holiday gift to the aikido community, Aikido Journal has created a new version of our Principal Disciples of Morihei Ueshiba chart, originally developed by AJ founder Stanley Pranin. We hope you’ll enjoy and...
The Aiki Expo events were major aikido seminars sponsored by Aikido Journal and conceived and organized by Stanley Pranin that gathered together many high-ranking teachers from Aikido, Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, classical...
Mutual strike or cut. Sword term used to describe the circumstance where two swordsmen strike each other simultaneously. In AIKI KEN terminology, often used in contradistinction to AINUKE where neither swordsman can...
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