“The pain was excruciating, and I was left with no doubts about Daito-ryu’s effectiveness!” “One day about 20 years ago, I visited Katsuyuki Kondo Sensei’s Shimbukan Dojo in Tokyo. We had just finished...
Archive - June 2012
Josh Gold“Aiki Ken and Jo Suburi: Part 7 – Renzoku Uchi Komi” by James Neiman
Introduction This is the 7th 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...
Historical photo: “Morihei Ueshiba’s remarkable physical development,” by Stanley Pranin
This is quite an interesting photo taken in the early 1960s at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo which would put the Founder in his late 70s. O-Sensei’s body development was quite remarkable, and the Founder took pride in...
Katsuyuki Kondo lifts the veil of the secret world of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, the source of Aikido techniques
This video and book collection is the perfect introduction to Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu for anyone interested in the origin of modern aikido techniques. Expertly demonstrated by Soke Dairi Katsuyuki Kondo, two video cover...
“The Way of the Warrior as a Path to Spiritual Mastery” by Charles A. McCarty
“He finally rebelled from this dark world of pasty-skinned scholarship, and plunged into daylight in a contest with sun and steel.” Those who have known me for long might be astonished to find with what difficulty...
“Aikido Because It Is Hard,” by William Terrell
“What we do on the mat is sacred. It is life writ small. It is tradition lived in the present. Aikido is the gift to us from O’Sensei…” I have no romantic notions of what it means to be a warrior. I served...
Screencast: “Time Travel Back to the Old Aikikai Hombu Dojo and Prepare to Train!”
“Enter inside the old Aikikai Hombu Dojo and prepare to train!” In this screencast, Stanley Pranin presents a detailed layout of the old Aikikai Hombu Dojo as drawn by Mariye Takahashi. Also, shown are...
Stanley Pranin’s Autobiography: Koichi Tohei and Training in Japan, Part II
This article is the second in a series of four autobiographical articles by Aiki News Editor-in-chief Stanley Pranin and was first published in 1990 in Wushu, a Japanese-language magazine dealing with Chinese martial...
Remarkable hi-res video footage of Noriaki Inoue, long-term collaborator of Morihei Ueshiba
“There is a strong flavor of prewar aikido, yet with a smooth, modern edge.” This video is the second part of a collection of rare footage of Noriaki Inoue, a nephew of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba and a man of...
Can You Get The Same Result Without Training?
If we are to believe some experts everything is the result of random accidents and not order. This of course fails to explain too many things. All biased views do. Evolution is a long series of trial and error events...