The above image is an annotated sketch drawn by Sadateru Arikawa Sensei in my presence on October 22, 2000 at the Aiki News office in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. I have left the underlying sketch intact but with...
Archive - January 2012
Josh GoldSlideshow: Katsuyuki Kondo Explains the Fine Points of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu
“Outstanding Instruction by One of the World’s Leading Experts!” Morihei Ueshiba first learned Daito-ryu jujutsu from Sokaku Takeda in Hokkaido in 1915. Morihei mastered much of the Daito-ryu...
“My Mentor, Bill Perry,” by Stanley Pranin
I have thought of writing this piece for many years now, but never got around to getting started until I recently happened upon a serendipitous discovery. More about that shortly. Let me begin my story. Shortly after I...
Video: Katsuyuki Kondo teaching seminars at Aiki Expo 2002
“Daito-ryu Menkyo Kaiden teaches aikidoka at Aiki Expo 2002” Katsuyuki Kondo Sensei is one of the most highly regarded of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu masters. Having practiced for more than 50 years, he is the...
“The amazing chameleon photo of O-Sensei revisited,” by Stanley Pranin
“The Elusive Truth of Morihei Ueshiba’s connection to Daito-ryu” Back in October, 2011, I published an article titled “Historical photo: The amazing chameleon photo of O-Sensei from 1922!”...
Video: Hiroshi Ikeda, 7th dan, instructs at Aiki Expo 2002
“The Elegant Technique of an Aikido Master!” Hiroshi Ikeda, 7th dan, is the chief instructor of Boulder Aikikai in Boulder, Colorado. He is one of the top aikido instructors in the USA due to his incredible...
“Thinking Large,” by Francis Takahashi
How “large” do you think? It is said that “great people talk about ideas; ordinary people talk about things; small people talk about other people”. We get to “think” about whatever interests us long before we talk about...
The Claim of “Mastery”
Of what use is it, this claim of “mastery?” Every bullying buffoon, tyrannical clown and charlatan of history has made it and brought misery with their erroneous and confused opinions. Mastery is relative...
Video: Expat Brit and President of IAF– Peter Goldsbury at Aiki Expo 2002
Dr. Peter Goldsbury, 6th dan, is one the best known among non-Japanese practitioners of aikido due to his role as President of the International Aikido Federation and his prolific writings on a variety of aikido topics...
Interview with Peter Goldsbury at Aiki Expo 2002
Well, I am not absolutely certain of the exact date when I started, but I think it was around 1969. I was a student at Sussex University in Brighton, England, and I met a Japanese student of economics named Norio Tao...