“What is not explicitly stated here, but implied, is that Morihei had strong financial support in addition to being a talented student.” About the age of 30 I went to Engaru in Hokkaido. There I met...
Archive - November 2011
Josh Gold“Get Free Audio Lecture on Aikido History by Aikido Journal Editor Stanley Pranin!!”
We are now offering Aikido Journal readers the ability to download a fascinating early lecture on aikido history by Editor Stanley Pranin. This lecture was presented back in September, 1983 in Tokyo before the Japan...
Audio: Stanley Pranin lectures before the Japan Martial Arts Society on Aikido history, September 18, 1983
“An early historical lecture by Aikido Journal Editor Stanley Pranin” This audio is a recording of a lecture on aikido history by Stanley Pranin before the Japan Martial Arts Society on September 18, 1983 in...
Video: Don Angier demonstrates at Aiki Expo 2002 in Las Vegas!
This video captures an outstanding demonstration by one the unique martial artists of our time, Don Angier Sensei, Soke of Yanagi-ryu Aiki Jiu Jitsu. The tale of how he came to learn his incredible martial arts skills...
Video: “One of the world’s truly unique Aikido dojos!”
It was a gamble building a dojo two and a half hours from the nearest city and 15 minutes from the nearest town. A gamble that would have made a real-estate agent with his ‘location, location, location’ rule shake his...
Video: Christian Tissier, 7th dan Aikikai, at Aiki Expo 2005 in Los Angeles
This video captures an outstanding demonstration by one of Aikido’s preeminent masters, Christian Tissier at Aiki Expo 2005 held in Los Angeles, California. Tissier Sensei, 7th dan Aikikai, began aikido as a boy in...
“Morihiro Saito on the classification of Aikido techniques,” by Stanley Pranin
“There are about 600 techniques in aikido. There are basics, ki no nagare, oyowaza and henkawaza.” — Morihiro Saito Over the past several years Aikido Journal has released a series of DVDs titled...
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...
“Winning with my Aikido,” by Francis Takahashi
Let’s face it. The main purpose of fighting is to gain a victory, or to prevent a loss. Perhaps an added purpose is to gain the “maximum benefit” such a victory would provide, which may be the total annihilation of the...