Nev Sagiba sent me a link to the new documentary film by Foster Gamble, a yudansha instructor under Frank Doran Sensei of Redwood City, California. Foster contacted me several months ago requesting permission to use the...
Archive - December 2011
Josh GoldVideo: Seigo Yamaguchi instructing at Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1973
Seigo Yamaguchi was one of the most important of the first generation of aikido instructors of the postwar era. He taught at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo for several decades until his passing in 1996. Having now...
Video: Seigo Yamaguchi instructing at Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1973 (member video)
video/seigo-yamaguchi-1973-tokyo-hombu-dojo-handbrake.mp4,480,360,false,false Seigo Yamaguchi was one of the most important of the first generation of aikido instructors of the postwar era. He taught at the Aikikai...
“The Science of Interception” by Nev Sagiba
“Aikido is all about attack. But it is about correct attack: Attack by interception.” The whole of Aikido is interception and the follow up of interception. The forms and flow follow the intercept...
“Stanley Pranin — Just a Collector with a Passion for Aikido,” by Jacqueline von Arb
Text and photos: Jacqueline von Arb (Stavanger JuShinKan Aikido) for aikido.no, June 2009. (This article is hosted in Norwegian on aikido.no) Stanley PraninÂ… the name rings a bell, doesn’t it? It should...
Video: Yoshio Kuroiwa Sensei at the 1st Aikido Friendship Demonstration in 1985
Yoshio Kuroiwa enrolled in the Hombu Dojo about 1954 having had a strong background in judo and boxing. In his younger years, Kuroiwa Sensei was known as one of the strongest aikidoka at the headquarters dojo. He...