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...
Archive - June 2015
Is O-Sensei Really the Father of Modern Aikido?, by Stanley Pranin
From Aikido Journal #109, 1996 After practicing and researching aikido for a number of years I gradually arrived at a hypothesis that went against conventional wisdom and the testimonies of numerous shihan who claimed...
Interview with Swordmaster Kiyoshi Nakakura, Part 1 by Hideo Yamanaka and Stanley Pranin
“I had the feeling that no one could beat me. I had rarely lost a match before, and I absolutely did not want to be defeated especially by people in Tokyo.” The text below is the first of a two-part...
The Dawn of Tomiki Aikido by Seiji Tanaka
First of all, I would like to explain how, where and why Tomiki Aikido started. It goes back to the month of April, 1958 when Waseda University approved our Aikido Club as an officially sanctioned sport club (called...