Aikido Journal has released a collection of rare how-to videos by one of Founder Morihei Ueshiba’s most brilliant students: Michio Hikitsuchi, 10th dan. In this online course, Hikitsuchi Sensei elucidates the essential...
Archive - March 2015
Josh GoldHistorical photo: The amazing chameleon photo of O-Sensei from 1922, by Stanley Pranin
“This photo has been published in books and newsletters at least five times. Here’s the kicker. The photo appears in four different versions!” Background As a researcher of aikido history, this photo is one...
“Interview with André Cognard (2),” by Stanley Pranin
André Cognard was born in France in 1954. He was 17 years old when he started teaching aikido to adults, by opening five dojos in several cities in France. Four years later, he received the French state diploma for...
Mucked up techniques! “Aikido and the Taming of the Reptilian Brain” by Stanley Pranin
There is something that has long mystified me about practitioners of aikido. It is a phenomenon that I have witnessed across all styles of the art. Few aikidoka transcend this fundament limitation. What am I talking...
Magazine: Aikido Journal Number 108, 1996
Aikido Journal Number 108, 1996 Contents ● Editorial – Aikido & Weapons: The Last Word?, by Stanley Pranin ● Journal News, by Diane Skoss...