“O-Sensei taught tai no henko, morotedori kokyuho, and suwariwaza kokyuho in every practice!” “Daily practice begins with tai no henko. First, open your fingers. The basis of ura movements is footwork...
Archive - May 2012
Josh GoldO-Sensei’s Weapons Legacy: Morihiro Saito: Aiki Ken, hi-res video
“The Aiki Ken legacy taught in Iwama in the postwar years by the Founder Morihei Ueshiba” This is the first of a two-DVD set covering most of the Iwama Aiki Ken and Aiki Jo curriculum expertly demonstrated by Morihiro...
“Aiki Ken and Jo Suburi: Part 4 – Tsuki Gedan Gaeshi” by James Neiman
Introduction This is the 4th in a 27-part series on the Aiki Ken and Jo Suburi presented by James Neiman, Dojo Cho of Shugyo Aikido Dojo, where martial arts instruction in Union City, California is offered. All the...
Magazine: Aikido Journal Number 119, Spring 2000 — Hiroshi Isoyama meets Steven Seagal
“How can someone like you, who can throw all of us so easily, be thrown around like that by an old man?!” Aikido Journal Number 119, Spring 2000 Contents ● Editorial – Aikido: A...
“Make Your Own Drugs,” by Nev Sagiba
I’m going to reveal a secret here. Something the authorities don’t want you to know; and more so drug peddlers, is that you can legally make your own drugs and there is nothing they can do to stop you...
Shoji Nishio: “Aikido’s Innovative Genius,” by Stanley Pranin
“If you stand naturally you can enter immediately when it appears that your opponent is about to move. When your opponent moves you have already won.” The young are often moved to action by heroic images. Like their...
The Forgiving Martial Art: Shoji Nishio’s “Aikido — Yurusu Budo” now an ebook!
“O-Sensei’s thinking was great. He made a tremendous change from the former unforgiving, lethal martial arts to a ‘forgiving martial art.’” This 208-page technical volume is written by one of the greatest teachers...
“Keeping It With You: The Hardest Part of Training,” by Gary Ohama
“Keeping it with you; now that’s the hardest part of training. Not losing it. Having it there when you have to use it.” This was the response from life-long martial artist Norman Carr (Shotokan and Doshinkan Aikido(1).)...
Morihiro Saito: Takemusu Aikido, Volume 3 — Basics Concluded, now an ebook
“Rounding out your basics with Kaitennage, Koshinage, Tenchinage, Jujinage, and more!” Takemusu Aikido: Basics Concluded is the third volume of this comprehensive series presenting the aikido of Morihei Ueshiba O...
“The Virtues of Aikido and Realizing Its Potential” by Stanley Pranin
The popularity of aikido, both in Japan and abroad, is a post-World War II phenomenon. Early students of Founder Morihei Ueshiba, such as Koichi Tohei, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Gozo Shioda, Kenji Tomiki and others, followed...