“When I awoke this morning and checked the stats on youtube, I found that over 1,100 people had watched this video.” Yesterday, I published the first of a new series of video blogs. It’s title is...
Archive - May 2013
Josh GoldThe Martial Artist’s Dilemma: “Traditionalism vs. Innovation,” by Charles Humphrey
I would like to address an issue in martial arts training in general that has bugged my subconscious for some time. It was only recently that I understood it well enough to articulate it clearly. Many of my realizations...
The Improbable Launch of My Career as an Aikido Historian by Stanley Pranin
A Long Journey Begins with the First Step… The veterans among visitors to our websites will know something about the history of Aikido Journal, and its predecessor, Aiki News. Here and there I have described our...
Guillaume Erard“Your Worst Enemy,” by Nev Sagiba
This minor dojo incident is embedded in my memory. Minor it may have been but the outcomes will be of immense consequence for some. During a class, a geek who had not been training for about five years, was practicing...
Improvisations: Aiki is not Always Pretty by Ellis Amdur
I only have a target to aim for, an ideal of conflict resolution in which peace and knowledge emerge, instead of a further spiral into violence According to the party line in the “soft” martial arts, we lead our...
“Fallow Field – Clearing the Weeds,” by Nev Sagiba
“When life takes you away from training, do not worry. Because Aikido is natural and follows the principles of the Universe, it is like a food garden. When you have been away and return, it may have become...
Magazine: Aiki News Number 60, March 1984
Aiki News Number 60, March 1984 Contents ● Editorial – Blueprint for the standardization of aikido testing, by Stanley Pranin ● Shoji Nishio Interview...
“Elements of Aiki Weapons Partner Practices Part 3: Reverse Parry with the Jo” by James Neiman
Introduction O’Sensei’s development of practices involving the Aiki Ken and Jo were passed on to successive generations in the Iwama tradition, and have, to this day, continued to be developed as partner practices often...