Headquarters training hall; general term used by many organizations to refer to their main school. In aikido context, usually refers to AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO located in Shinjuku Ward of Tokyo. The present four-floor concrete building, which rests on the site of the old KOBUKAN DOJO, was completed on 15 December 1967 and dedicated on 12 January 1968.
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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