When someone plans to assault you, they usually take care to make sure that the assault will be as unfair as possible so as to advantage them and disadvantage you. Of course, when you successfully defend yourself they...
Archive - March 2012
Josh GoldMorihei’s Prewar Budo: Transmission, Inheritance, Emulation 4, by Peter Goldsbury
“Morihei was unique: a martial arts genius, and therefore in the nature of things, this unique quality cannot be quantified or reproduced.” The previous column ended with a brief discussion of the third proposition...
Sokaku Takeda and Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, by Stanley Pranin
“The rumor is that Sokaku fled to Hokkaido to escape the authorities after being implicated in a killing. This story and others were repeated, it seems, in an attempt to discredit Sokaku, thereby making Morihei...
The Practical Application of Aikido Technique by Charles McCarty
INTRODUCTION You may never need to use Aikido in a practical and physical way in your life, and perhaps you already have. You may have gone into the art on a whim, as I did, or may have begun training because of some...
“A Successful Defence Takes Place Before The Attack,” by Nev Sagiba
When you see anything from a brawl to a major war you are witnessing inept fools playing catch-up! In the case of media cover ups-of wars, more so. Obfuscation does not make reality go away. Suppressing facts...
“Meditations on Violence” by Nick Lowry
Some starting points: How do we hold the realities of violence? How do we interact with the suffering and trauma of violence? How do we transform and heal in the face of violence? What do dojos and budo (martial arts)...
Morihiro Saito: “I saw nothing but the real thing for 23 years!”
“It is a big mistake to think that there is no ki no nagare practiced at Iwama. The ki no nagare techniques of Iwama are executed faithfully as O-Sensei taught them.” The article we published yesterday, “The Iwama...
“Will Aikido Survive?” by Nev Sagiba
“The influence of Aikido is unstoppable. It will continue to progress further than we can now see into the distant future.” The history which led to the arrival of Aikido as we now know it, was a long one...
Hiroshi Ikeda video: His Aikido is “Crazy Good!”
Video: Hiroshi Ikeda demonstrates at Aiki Expo 2005 Duration: 5:01 minutes Access: Free through Tuesday, March 20 Hiroshi Ikeda, 7th dan, is the chief instructor of Boulder Aikikai in Boulder, Colorado. He is one of the...
“Sleuthing in Search of O-Sensei,” by Stanley Pranin
“These old movies contain electric images of a true martial arts genius who dominates the screen and speaks to us across the ages!” My fascination with the life and martial art of Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei has been the...