“The control, positioning, perfect balance, attention to detail, and many other subtleties revealed in the Noma Dojo photos reflect a deep mastery of Daito-ryu.” In 1936, an historic event took place that...
Archive - July 2013
Josh Gold“The Way of Judo: A Portrait of Jigoro Kano & His Students” by John Stevens
Review by Robert Noha Introduction This is an important biography of a major figure in both martial arts and cultural history. It is a detailed study of the founder of Judo and his students. The students include male...
“Elements of Aiki Weapons Partner Practices Part 4: Hasso Gaeshi 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...
The Zone Theory of Aikido: Weekend Seminar with Stanley Pranin in Las Vegas, October 5-6, 2013!
I would like to cordially invite you to join me October 5-6, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. I will be conducting a weekend seminar whose theme this year will be “Revitalizing Your Aikido Technique!.” There are...
Stanley Pranin’s Video Blog: “The Zone Theory of Aikido”
“Moving to the side or rear of uke, into his “blind spot,” makes it extremely easy for nage to safely execute an aikido technique.” In this video, Aikido Journal Editor Stanley Pranin introduces a model...
PDF Free Download: Aiki News No. 74 – “Daito-ryu study ‘mandatory’ for Aikido history”
“It’s time for us to have a little heart-to-heart chat. I was recently asked about the significance of the appearance of regular articles on Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu in these pages. After all, we are a...
Interview with Koichi Tohei: Part 2, by Stanley Pranin
(Interviewed February 8, 1996 at the Ki Society Headquarters in Tokyo) Mind-Body Unification (Shin Shin Toitsu) and Ueshiba Sensei Ueshiba Sensei was an individual who showed what it means to exist in a relaxed state...
Uke attacks first: Thoughts on “Go no Sen” and “Urawaza”
An ura movement takes nage to uke’s outside flank to an area we might describe as uke’s “dead zone.” Many Japanese martial arts use specialized terminology to describe the dynamics of a martial encounter. A common set...
On Writing Zen Combat by Jay Gluck
“Past the half-century mark then, Yamaguchi’s hair covered his shoulders and his eyes were as wild as a temple guardian statue’s” Raised in New York’s middle eastside in the only Jewish family in an...
The Demon’s Sermon on the Martial Arts: A Graphic Novel by Issai Chozanshi
Review by Robert Noha Introduction This is the second in a series of graphic novel adaptations of classic martial arts books from Shambhala Publishing. The first is the Book of Five Rings-2012 (review to follow in a few...