Steven Seagal is a well-known action movie star who has showcased aikido in many of his films. Steven lived in Japan for a number of years where he operated an aikido dojo in Osaka. After first following Koichi Tohei...
Archive - September 2011
Josh GoldHypnotic Fraudsters – Fakekido by Nev Sagiba
A real warrior cannot be hypnotized or deceived by anyone. Not his teachers, not his adversaries. Indeed the whole purpose of the Way or Do is to un-hypnotise the mind to see clearly and lucidly existence in the moment...
“Lessons from a torn rotator cuff,” by Brandon Clapp
The time it takes to heal from an injury can be difficult and trying, especially if it affects your normal training routine. This isn’t to say that change can’t be a good thing; in fact, it’s a time for research and...
Video: Koichi Tohei, 10th dan, in 1990 TV documentary
“Aikido’s First 10th Dan in the ‘Power of Ki’!” Check out these stills from a fascinating Japanese tv documentary from 1990 featuring Koichi Tohei, 10th dan. Tohei Sensei explains the...
Ganbaru, of being persistent by Francis Takahashi
The Japanese word “ganbaru” is a verb meaning to “hold out”, to “stand firm”, and to “persist in” an activity or endeavor of meaning. The image is one of “holding fast to the end”, of a special kind of tenacity or...
Video: Superb Seigo Yamaguchi Demo from 1988!
“The Legendary Seigo Yamaguchi in action!”We have just uploaded a rare six-minute video clip of Seigo Yamaguchi, 8th dan, to the Aikido Journal Members Site. This particular demonstration took place in Tokyo...
“The Secret of Success,” by Nev Sagiba
Many years ago I realised that the secret of success was failure. Let me explain. We repeat the same exercise getting it wrong and striving to get it right so many times that we finally run out of ways to get it...
Stanley Pranin’s “Aikido Chronological Chart” free to all subscribers of Members Site!
We are pleased to inform you that we are making Stanley Pranin’s “Aikido Chronological Chart” available to all subscribers of the Aikido Journal Members Site as a pdf file for personal use. This is a...
Aikido’s Library of Alexandria by Stanley Pranin
The Alexandria Library was celebrated as the most important treasury of information in the world at the time. Its disappearance is rightly seen as a catastrophe and symbolic of the loss of respect for knowledge that...
Living History: Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba’s 1974 Demonstration in Los Angeles by Stanley Pranin
On April 15, 1974, a very important aikido event occurred in Los Angeles, California. Second Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba headlined a well-attended demonstration held in the Scottish Rite Auditorium. The fact that Doshu had...