The blog that follows was submitted as a comment to my article title Risking your life to help someone. I found it to be an excellent take on the thorny issue of choosing to intervene in a dangerous situation where you...
Archive - April 2016
Josh Gold“Pre-emptive Aiki: No touch throws,” by Nick Lowry
“Real kuzushi at a distance has real effects as it disrupts ukes initializing, targeting, tracking and capability to launch attack. It is a sort of preemptive aiki.” The venerable Sugino sensei once remarked...
A Brief Visit from O-Sensei by Tom Collings
We all need a Vision. Not dreamy fantasy, or illusion, but a vision of what is possible. Vision inspires our practice, and no lifelong commitment with passion can be sustained without it. There are transcendent moments...
“My Experience with Seigo Yamaguchi Sensei,” by William Gleason
Let me begin with the events that led up to my discovery of aikido and eventually to the meeting with my first teacher, Yamaguchi Seigo Sensei. By late 1960, after a competitive career as a champion gymnast, I had...