The Aiki Expo events were major aikido seminars sponsored by Aikido Journal and conceived and organized by Stanley Pranin that gathered together many high-ranking teachers from Aikido, Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, classical...
Archive - November 2014
Josh Gold“Death and Aikido” by Bokkemon
“We need an Aikido which does not sell illusory hopes of any kind; an Aikido that recognizes how vulnerable and fragile and worthy we are.” Death is a taboo in the contemporary Western world: the bourgeois...
“Target acquisition and lock-on… Setting up an Aikido throw” by Charles Warren
“Aikido has an elegance as a strategy which is rare in the realm of conflict.” This blog was originally written as a comment in reply to The Martial Artist’s Dilemma: “Traditionalism vs...
Retracing the footsteps of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba by Stanley Pranin
At the end of 1963, Hozansha Publishing Company put out a book in English titled Aikido by Kisshomaru Ueshiba that had a major impact on the tiny aikido population practicing in America. This book was a compilation of...
Make Your Techniques Work! Stanley Pranin’s “Zone Theory of Aikido Course”!
Stanley Pranin’s “Zone Theory of Aikido Course”! “Rethinking Aikido Training From The Bottom Up!” Hi, I’m Stanley Pranin here to tell you about my new online video course, the...
Responding to aggression — Part 4: “Conversations with The Undertaker” by Tom Collings
“He saw O-Sensei through the eyes of aprofessional athlete and masterful performer.” Sitting alone in my dojo late one night, I received a call from a fellow named Mark. He said he was a professional...