“The Evolution of the Sword in Aikido!” Duration: 34:07 minutes Access: Free through Saturday, March 4 This video is a very important historical document in that Rinjiro Shirata demonstrates a lengthy series...
Archive - February 2012
Josh GoldMorihei’s Prewar Budo: Transmission, Inheritance, Emulation 3, by Peter Goldsbury
1. Morihei Ueshiba made no attempt to ‘teach’ the knowledge and skills he possessed to his deshi; 2. The latter all gained profound knowledge and skills during their time as deshi, but it is by no means clear that...
“Attention all dojo-chos! What do you think about these ideas?”, by Stanley Pranin
We’re getting ready to take the Aikido Journal Members Site to the next level. The site has grown steadily since its inception back in September of 2011. Thus far, our advertising efforts have been limited to...
“Concatenation,” by Nev Sagiba
The word Concatenation means chain of events. It comes from the Latin word for “chain.” It points to a sequence, series or succession and may refer to anything from elements of mathematics, geological soil profiles...
“I propose a compact for our mutual benefit… Onegaishimasu!
In the last six months since we opened the Aikido Journal Members Site, we have been testing different approaches to make this important part of Aikido Journal an indispensable tool for aikidoka. You may have noticed a...
Free video through February 19: Classic film with Morihei Ueshiba, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Christian Tissier
“The Founder, his son, and Europe’s top teacher!” This is a marvelous video consisting of a segment of a French TV documentary made about 1983 dealing with Japanese martial arts. Featured in this...
Video: Morihei Ueshiba, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Christian Tissier — French TV documentary, c.1983
video/french-tv-documentary-on-aikido-c1983-handbrake.mp4,600,450,false,false “The Founder, his son, and Europe’s top teacher!” Duration: 8:49 minutes Access: Paid subscribers This is a marvelous video...
Free Video thru Feb. 18 — “Morihei and the Young Bucks of the Aikikai,” by Stanley Pranin”
“Learn what happened to the early uchideshi system and why” In this screencast, Stanley Pranin analyzes a rare historical photo in which a number of the junior Aikikai instructors from the 1960s appear...
“Do we know what Aikido truly is?”, by Francis Takahashi
It is mind boggling, and a bit disheartening for me to see the reams of questionable, and often grossly erroneous “facts” written about the Founder, his theories on Aiki, and on Aiki’s constant role in shaping his...
“O-Sensei’s ‘Cultivation of Attraction’,” by Tom Collings
[These comments were posted today in response to the post titled “Memoir of the Master”. There is much food for thought and we would invite your comment on the subject.] Recently I have been struck by how...