“Your Role in Preserving Aikido’s Heritage” I remember many years ago being very surprised to learn that only a small percentage of the films from the silent screen era–perhaps less than 10%–had been...
Archive - April 2012
Josh Gold“Petrol Money – Is Aikido For Its Own Sake Extreme?”, by Nev Sagiba
Some people practice Aikido because they love it whilst others comparatively fail at it because they try to make it too much of a commercial venture. Pure science, that of discovery never made a penny but the...
“I have a mountain of photographs lying around here… What should I do with them?,” by Stanley Pranin
If you’ve been following our efforts for the last nine or so months, you will realize that we have been building a new base on which to preserve and disseminate the vast store of documentation we have accumulated...
“Clearing the Cache – What’s Really There Right Now,” by Nev Sagiba
“Clarity has been sought after from time immemorial by warriors seeking exemption from defeat…” Most people live, survive and fight from memory. That’s why they lose. Wars of aggression initiated...
Stanley Pranin’s Autobiography: My Early Days in Aikido, Part I
This article is the first in a series of four autobiographical articles by Aiki News Editor-in-chief Stanley Pranin. It was first published in 1990 in Wushu, a Japanese-language magazine dealing with Chinese martial...
Memorial Service for Carla Simmons, co-founder of Hikari Dojo
Much beloved Carla Simmons, 3rd Dan, co-founder and Dojo Cho of Hikari Dojo, passed away on April 3rd. A memorial service will be held in her honor on Saturday, April 21st, from 2:00 pm until 5:30 pm at Hikari Dojo...
Teaching Aikido, an Aiki perspective by Francis Takahashi
“Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching, we rely on the “naturals,” the ones who somehow...
Downloadable Books & Videos
“Check out our ebooks and videos to enhance your collection” Among the technical volumes authored by Morihiro Saito, certainly the most unique must be his publication of “Takemusu Aikido – Special Edition.” This 176...
“Learn and Forget!”, by Nev Sagiba
“Intellectual remembering is not the purpose of Budo training. Indeed, in the thick of it you will be hard pressed to “think” of anything at all.” I think we’ve fallen a long way behind those ancients, who at least...
Recalling Kodo Horikawa Sensei by Katsumi Yonezawa
Taiso, the father of Horikawa Sensei, received a teaching license (kyoju dairi) in 1913 and Horikawa Sensei studied jujutsu with him. Horikawa Sensei started his training of Daito-ryu on May 12, 1914 while in his 21st...