Those encountering legendary Koichi Tohei for the first time often come away with the impression that he resorted to physical strength when executing techniques. Surely, a large part of this erroneous impression has to...
Archive - September 2016
Josh GoldMy Early Days in Aikido by Stanley Pranin
First impressions on watching an aikido demonstration It all started when I was 16 years old and a high school senior in San Pedro, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The year was 1962, and apart from a few...
Interview with Morihei Ueshiba and Kisshomaru Ueshiba
This interview, conducted by two unnamed newspapermen, appeared in the Japanese-language book “Aikido” by Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Tokyo, Kowado, 1957, pages 198-219. It was translated from the Japanese by Stanley Pranin and...
Knife Party
Seeking martial artists familiar with a variety of weapons, mocap systems, and performance movement, we enlisted Jeff Imada and Lauren Kim to assist with Project Orion – the next step on our path to building...