The other day I had a wonderful surprise waiting for me when I read a comment from Marius concerning the Noma Dojo photo I had posted earlier the same day. Here is what he wrote: The wonderful collection of Noma Dojo...
Archive - October 2011
Josh GoldHistorical photo: Koichi Tohei, 10th dan, escapes from bear hug of huge American soldier
This is a rare photo of Koichi Tohei Sensei, 10th dan, teaching a group of military personnel in Hawaii. Here he seems perfectly at ease even while a large American applies a powerful bear hug from behind. Tohei Sensei...
“Historical Photo: Enter the Noma Dojo and prepare to be amazed!” by Stanley Pranin
You’ve heard of people who have achieved what can be called a “legendary” status. Aikido has its share of legends to be sure. But it’s seldom that documents attain such a status. But the visual...
Historical photo: Who was really the first person to introduce Aikido to America?
A number of years ago, Joseph Svinth wrote an article with this eye-catching title: “Aikido Comes to America: September 1935.” As a student of aikido history, I was immediately hooked by the title! I found...
Your Top Ten: “Here’s What You Like,” by Stanley Pranin
A few months back we began using some new email software that provides us with statistics about what readers’ preferences are. I went back through some of the data for the last few weeks, and it yielded a lot of...
“Who Are We?”, by Stanley Pranin
Aiki News #61 (May 1984) Something rather amusing happened to the AIKI NEWS staff recently during an interview which is perhaps symptomatic of the ambiguity surrounding this publication. We had just completed a nearly...
“Winning vs. Not Losing,” by Francis Takahashi
The promise of Aiki is potentially limitless in terms of applying its impact and significance to Aikido. Any viewpoint of its martial relevance to Aikido, whether deemed major or minor, is totally on the declarer to...
“To Know,” by Nev Sagiba
This is a small extract from “Paracelsus” by Robert Browning “TRUTH is within ourselves; it takes no rise … …From outward things And to KNOW, Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendour may...
“More on the digitization and translation of audio recordings of famous aikido teachers,” by Stanley Pranin
I would like to thank all of you who have taken the time to reply and provide your input on the project I proposed yesterday: the digitization and translation of the hundreds of hours of audio recordings of important...
“Geniuses Among You… Help Me Solve This Problem!,” by Stanley Pranin
I’ve got a problem to solve. It’s a multi-faceted problem involving the best way to store, classify and disseminate a treasure trove of audio recordings locked away in our archives. And there is a...