The following is the first of two-part interview with Shigenobu Okumura Sensei, a Hombu Dojo instructor which took place on May 14, 1983. Read the second part here. Although I was born in Hokkaido, I went to Dairen...
Archive - August 2012
In My Own Way: Early days as an Uchideshi in the Yoshinkan by David Lynch
“I would hear a piping voice say, ‘It’s old Grandfather Ueshiba here, is young Shioda there?'” It is somewhat embarrassing, after thirty years of aikido, not to have anything truly profound to offer...
An Aikido Life, by Gozo Shioda: Part I
From Aiki News #72 (September 1986) Gozo Shioda began his aikido training under Morihei Ueshiba in 1932, enrolling as an uchideshi. After serving in various administrative positions during the Second World War, Shioda...