An editorial authored by Robert Savoca Sensei, Chief Instructor of Brooklyn Aikikai. Kazuo Chiba Sensei, an uchideshi (live-in student) for the founder of Aikido, was my teacher. I was fortunate to be with this...
Archive - November 2020
Insights from the Founding Family of Aikido
Quotes and Insights from Three Generations of the Ueshiba Family In it’s 46 year history, Aikido Journal has had the opportunity to interview past and present aikido Doshu (leaders of The Way). As a look back at...
Letter from the Editor: November 2020
The winds of change are upon us. The United States is transitioning to new political leadership and much of the world is entering winter and facing the most dangerous phase yet of the pandemic. We’ve lost many aikido...
How War and Religion Shaped Modern Aikido, Part III by Stanley Pranin
This is the third of a three-part article. Read the first part here and the second part here. Onisaburo was a phenomenon in many regards. He was very well read and educated in esoteric Shintoism. He was a shaman...
How War and Religion Shaped Modern Aikido, Part II by Stanley Pranin
This is the second of a three-part article. Read the first part here and the third part here. Teaching as a military instructor in Tokyo By 1927, Morihei had moved his family to Tokyo after spending seven years in the...
Aikido and Nationalism Part II By Peter Goldsbury
This is the second part of a two-part article by Peter Goldsbury. Read part one here. One consequence is that the international development of aikido as a “new” and “peaceful” postwar Japanese martial art expanded at...