The End of an Era In January 2017, I was contacted late at night by one of Stanley Pranin’s close friends. Stan had fallen ill with serious pain and was taken for medical treatment. He told his friend that if...
Category - Stanley Pranin
Stanley Pranin was the founder and editor-in-chief of Aikido Journal from its founding in 1974 until he passed away in 2017. These stories, interviews, and editorial are by, or about our founder.
Josh Gold
My 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...
