“Martial effectiveness is often trotted out as the ultimate arbiter, in spite of the fact that within the system of Aikido, this is ideologically taboo from the outset.” Aikido arose from the ashes of post-war...
Archive - July 2012
Josh Gold“Nishio Aikido: Yasuhiko Takemori teaching in Berlin,” by Thomas Huffman
I stumbled onto this video of Yasuhiko Takemori Sensei teaching a seminar in Berlin. Takemori Sensei was one of Nishio Sensei’s top students. He taught at the Fukaya Dojo. about 6 stops from Yokohama on the line...
“Ageru,” the art of giving by Francis Takahashi
“The awesome Spirit of Ueshiba Aiki, and of “ageru”, was wondrously demonstrated by the Founder when he visited Hawaii in 1961…” A “gift” may be “something that is bestowed voluntarily and without any...
“Aikido in a Nutshell (1) – “What is Aikido?,” by Stanley Pranin
“Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), was a talented martial artist who devoted his life to the pursuit of martial and spiritual disciplines, culminating in the creation of aikido.” Aikido is a Japanese martial art that...
Shoji Nishio: Dazzling action stills of a martial art genius
“Dazzling as the Founder’s technique was, Ueshiba offered no real explanation of what he was doing.” When Shoji Nishio joined the Aikikai, the founder Ueshiba O-Sensei was spending most of his time in Iwama...
Las Vegas Seminar Update: “Exploring Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei’s Aikido”
“Some have even referred to the event as ‘Mini Aiki Expo’!” Several high-ranking yudansha and instructors have signed up so far for the seminar to be conducted by Stanley Pranin from October 5-7th in Las...
October 5-7: Weekend Seminar with Stanley Pranin in Las Vegas!
“Practice Aikido in Fabulous Las Vegas with the Founder of Aikido Journal” This is Stanley Pranin! I would like to cordially invite you to join me October 5-7, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. I will be conducting a weekend...
“Metsuke,” by Rick Berry
I’ve been teaching Aikido for over twenty-six years but before that I spent eighteen years teaching Ji Do Kwan/Tae Kwon Do in a system I call The Quiet Storm. Regarding the excellent blog by Nev concerning...
“The Magic Bullet and A Veneer of Silliness,” by Nev Sagiba
“The proven and surviving real life masters of their craft accepted apprentices. You qualified by proving yourself, live or die, not random guesses of multiple choice questions.” Before I indulge my diatribe let...
“I just looked at the Wikipedia entry on “Aikido” and here is what I found…” by Stanley Pranin
“It was those who came after him, especially Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Koichi Tohei who deemphasized these areas. It’s all backwards here!” I was just wondering recently what the article on aikido in Wikipedia...