“One of Aikido’s Greats in Action… Watch this Slideshow! Shoji Nishio was one of the art’s true innovators, possessor of a dynamic style built on long years of study in other disciplines melded...
Archive - January 2012
Josh GoldScreencast: Focus on History — “The Old Aikikai Hombu Dojo: Inside and Out,” by Stanley Pranin
“Enter inside the old Aikikai Hombu Dojo and prepare to train!” In this screencast, Stanley Pranin presents a detailed layout of the old Aikikai Hombu Dojo as drawn by Mariye Takahashi. Also, shown are...
Shoji Nishio’s 4-DVD Set… Special Price ends tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 4th!
“Shoji Nishio (1927-2005): Aikido’s Innovative Genius,” by Stanley Pranin When Nishio joined the Aikikai, the founder Ueshiba O-Sensei was spending most of his time in Iwama in Ibaragi Prefecture. It was a...
FREE VIDEO thru Monday: Focus on History — “Morihei on Weapons in Aikido… More evidence!,” by Stanley Pranin
“Morihei demonstrates jodori with his son, Kisshomaru” In this screencast, Stanley Pranin presents an unusual photo of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba shot around 1961. The Founder is shown handling a jo...
Screencast: Focus on History — “Morihei demonstrates jodori with his son, Kisshomaru”
video/focus-on-history-episode-00003-morihei-executing-jodori-handbrake.mp4,480,360,false,false “Morihei on Weapons in Aikido… More evidence!” In this screencast, Stanley Pranin presents an unusual...
FREE PDF: “Morihei’s early students eloquently retell the story of Aikido’s birth”
“Peruse this document to gain an overview of the evolution of Aikido” We have prepared a lengthy PDF file of some 90 pages containing extracts from 20 interviews of the pioneer students of Morihei Ueshiba...
Knowing vs Knowledge – The Reversal
Nothing is static in the universe. All things move, vibrate, change fluctuate and vacillate. But they do so in accordance to governing principles or laws. We’ve all hear the trite cliché that, “the only...
Video: Focus on History — “That This Photo Survived is a Miracle!,” by Stanley Pranin
“Morihei Ueshiba’s Ill-starred Mongolian Expedition” In this screencast, Stanley Pranin tells the fascinating story behind a rare photograph of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba taken in 1924 in Mongolia...
Video: “What exactly was Koichi Tohei teaching after the Aikikai?”
“Tohei Sensei’s Ki Society training curriculum revealed” Koichi Tohei Sensei needs no introduction. He is one of the most important figures in the postwar development of aikido, and was the first and...
Historical photos: “The first person to introduce Aikido to the US revisited,” by Stanley Pranin
Today I was looking through some old photo albums. I happened across my collection of photos of famous Admiral Isamu Takeshita. The admiral was an early student of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba and one of the people...