Interviews Leadership

Moriteru Ueshiba: On Transmitting the Essence of Aikido

On September 6th, 2019, the California Aikido Association and Kei Izawa Sensei (Chairman of the International Aikido Federation) coordinated an interview with Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba for the Aikido Journal community. Executive Editor, Josh Gold...

Josh Gold

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Contributed Leadership

Aikido’s Branding Problem: Will Aikido Become the Kodak of the Martial Arts?

This post is authored by Ron Cicero. Ron has produced branded content and television commercials for a wide range of Fortune 100 companies and their brands over a 20-year career. His work has collected awards from the...

Josh Gold

September 4, 2018

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Philip Lee: How Aikido Took Singapore by Storm

Christina Kelly

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Podcast: George Ledyard on skill transmission in aikido

Will the next generation of instructors be positioned to take on leadership positions when called to do so? Or have problems in skill transmission handicapped them and risked the integrity of future generations of...

Josh Gold

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Ellis Amdur: The Role of Martial Arts in Modern Society

Ellis Amdur has been training in aikido and other martial arts for close to 50 years. In addition to practicing traditional arts like koryu bujutsu, he has also worked on projects to apply principles derives from...

Josh Gold

March 25, 2018