Aikido PhilosophyDoes Aikido Work? A More Meaningful Measure of Practice
A reflection on aikido, self-defense, awareness, martial-arts marketing, competition, and what makes a lifelong practice effective.
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Aikido Philosophy
Aikido PhilosophyAikido: The Study of Aiki
Aikido is the study of aiki. Its not the study of jujutsu techniques from the 1800s, nor is it the…
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Aikido PhilosophyA Reflection on Teaching, Lineage, and the Future of Our Practice
This video can be found on Oiwa Ryota Sensei’s YouTube page. He has many excellent videos of himself and other…
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Aikido Philosophy2007 Interview with Franck Noël of Toulouse
Interview with Franck Noël of Toulouse Location: Toulouse, France Translated from 2007 Aïkido Journal France “Aikido is a way of…
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Isshinkai2025 Isshinkai Seminar
1. Please Sign the Seminar Waiver (non-Kimusubi Aikido Dojo students only) Seminar Waiver 2. Register for Seminar $125 USD –…
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Endo Shihan1996 Interview: Seishiro Endo Sensei
Seishiro Endo was born in 1942 in Nagano Prefecture. He graduated from Gakushuin University. He began practicing aikido as a…
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Grading
Grading
Aikido PhilosophyA Case for Keiko
“Morihei Ueshiba saw himself as an avatar, a redemptive avatar for the world, and his message confused and continues to…
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GradingLearning Shomen-uchi Ikkyo
This is our basic learning method for aikido’s first principle and one of the first techniques required for grading: shomen-uchi ikkyo.
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HistoryIn Memorium – Seigo Yamaguchi (1924-1996)
(excerpt from an article originally posted in Aikido Journal Magazine, Issue 108) To Yamaguchi Sensei, Who Made Me Want to…
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Aikido Philosophy“Reality-based” Martial Arts Not So Reality-based?
Originally posted on The Classic Budoka blog site by Wayne Muramoto “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the…
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Aikido PhilosophyWhy Aikido Doesn’t Have Competitive Matches
Interview with Minoru Inaba Sensei – By Eisuke Aoyogi (Originally posted on Aikido Journal) Inaba Minoru Sensei Aikido doesn’t have…
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Aikido PhilosophyA Kind Word Turneth Away Wrath
I had just seen aikido tried in combat, and the essence of it was love. I would have to practice the art with an entirely different spirit. It would be a long time before I could speak about the resolution of conflict.
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Aikido PhilosophyTeaching and Shu Ha Ri
(THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE METHOD OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION.) This essay originally appears on the Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu website By…
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Aikido PhilosophyThe Meaning of Shu Ha Ri
(Originally posted at: http://www.shuhari.com) Shu Ha Ri is a term the Japanese use to describe the overall progression of martial arts training, as well…
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