table-test-17 Year Event 1882 [Jigoro Kano establishes the Kano Juku School, the forerunner of the Kodokan.] 1883 Birth of Morihei Ueshiba in Tanabe, Kii Province (Wakayama Prefecture) on December 14. 1901 Moves to...
Archive - August 2011
Josh Gold“Adjacent Techniques, Predictable Irrationality and A Deeper form of Logic,” by Nev Sagiba
It is a well known rule of thumb for wrestling, that at least three body parts must be connected otherwise you are leaving holes in your strategy. This principle does not change when standing up but becomes more...
The Energy Body
by Alister Gillies August 15, 2010 The roots of Qigong (pronounced ‘chee gung’), according to anthropologists, can be traced back several thousand years to the shamanic practices of nomadic peoples who inhabited...
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...
“The Energy Body,” Alister Gillies
The roots of Qigong (pronounced ‘chee gung’), according to anthropologists, can be traced back several thousand years to the shamanic practices of nomadic peoples who inhabited northern Asia and the Ural Altaic region...
Chronology Post
A chronology of the life of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba compiled by Aikido Journal Editor Stanley Pranin.
“Trains are dangerous in Japan… You need Aikido!”, by Stanley Pranin
Sometime ago, I wrote an article about an experience I had on a train in Japan many years ago that involved a violent altercation. Actually, I was involved in a second incident that took place a few years later that...
“The Paradoxes of Aikido Training,” by Nev Sagiba
“If you’ve been hit, you know what it feels like. No academic theories can infest the mind of one who knows from direct experience” Aikido is a study in the harmonising of the discordant. This itself is not...
“The dainty lady who lit up Morihei Ueshiba’s Kobukan Dojo,” by Stanley Pranin
While I was living in Japan, I had the pleasure of speaking with a diminutive, elderly lady on two occasions. She was not your typical senior citizen. She had a bright light in her eyes and an infectious smile. Her...
“A Tribute to Sadateru Arikawa Shihan,” by Stanley Pranin
“As close as I was with Arikawa Sensei, he will always remain an enigma. He was extremely intelligent and perceptive and yet preferred to remain in the background.” On October 11, 2003, the aikido world lost...