Originally published in Aiki News #98, 1994 The role and direction of Aiki News has periodically shifted in the twenty years since its inception. We began our research focusing on the life of the founder and evolution...
Archive - November 2011
Transmission, Inheritance, Emulation 2, by Peter Goldsbury
In the next few columns of this series, I plan to examine in more detail the activities of teaching, learning and ‘stealing’, especially as these applied to Morihei Ueshiba and his immediate disciples, and also the...
“Interview with Katsuyuki Kondo (1),” by Stanley Pranin
Born in Tokyo in 1945, Katsuyuki Kondo, Sensei first learned Daito-ryu while still a child from Tsunejiro Hosono of the Shineikan dojo. He began studying under Tokimune Takeda Soke in 1961 and under Kotaro Yoshida in...
Interview with Seiseki Abe (2), by Stanley Pranin
Renowned calligrapher and aikido master recollects his experiences as both student and teacher of Morihei Ueshiba.
“Historical photo: Morihei Ueshiba, Aspiring Calligrapher!,” by Stanley Pranin
“During the last 15 years of his life, Morihei brushed hundreds of calligraphies, many for his students to display in their aikido schools.” Relatively late in his life, Morihei Ueshiba enthusiastically took...