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Magazine: Aiki News Number 60, March 1984
Aiki News Number 60, March 1984 Contents ● Editorial – Blueprint for the standardization of aikido testing, by Stanley Pranin ● Shoji Nishio Interview, by Stanley Pranin ● Morihiro...
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Improvisations: Aiki is not Always Pretty by Ellis Amdur
I only have a target to aim for, an ideal of conflict resolution in which peace and knowledge emerge, instead of a further spiral into violence Ellis Amdur According to the party line in the “soft”...
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Interview with Masatake Fujita by Stanley Pranin
“O-Sensei didn’t actually “write” the Dobun himself; rather, they were based on some of the talks he gave.” by Stanley Pranin Aikido Journal #120 (2000) Masatake Fujita, 8th dan Aikikai shihan, was...
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The Improbable Launch of My Career as an Aikido Historian by Stanley Pranin
“A Long Journey Begins with the First Step…” The veterans among visitors to our websites will know something about the history of Aikido Journal, and its predecessor, Aiki News. Here and there I have...
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“A Tribute to Sadateru Arikawa, 9th dan,” by Stanley Pranin
“Arikawa Sensei was talkative, tireless, severe yet cheerful, fearsome on the mat, and fiercely loyal to the Ueshiba family.” On October 11, 2003, the aikido world lost 9th dan Sadateru Arikawa, one...
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Iwama: Birthplace of Aikido by Stanley Pranin
Aiki Shrine in Iwama “The inconspicuous village of Iwama situated in a farming area of Ibaragi Prefecture seems an unlikely candidate for the birthplace of aikido.” Ask even a beginning aikidoka who...
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An Overview of Koichi Tohei’s Early Aikido Career by Stanley Pranin
Koichi Tohei, 10th dan, teaching in Hawaii c. 1960 “Who is Koichi Tohei and why is he so important to an understanding of the development of aikido?” In May, 1974, an event occurred that shook the...
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Interview with Morihei Ueshiba published in Shukan Yomiuri in 1956
“Cutting people means being defeated by the world. Those who are cut are losers, too. Both are losers in that type of practice” Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido, c. 1965 The following interview was...
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Magazine: Aikido Journal Number 108, 1996
Aikido Journal Number 108, 1996 Contents ● Editorial – Aikido & Weapons: The Last Word?, by Stanley Pranin ● Journal News, by Diane Skoss ● Letters to the Editor ● Seigo...
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Magazine: Aiki News Number 49, 1982
Aiki News Number 49, 1982 Contents ● Editorial: “Criticism of O-Sensei”, by Stanley Pranin ● Interview with Hisao Kamata, by Stanley Pranin ● Morihiro Saito’s Technical Notebook —...
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Magazine: Aiki News Number 71, June 1986
“Sokaku went into the kitchen and ladled out water for himself using a dipper, and then placed it in the flames of the fire. He put the tea leaves into the dipper and toasted them. I guess he was...
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Magazine: Aiki News Number 82, October 1989
Aiki News Number 82, October 1989 Contents ● Editorial, by Stanley Pranin ● Interview with Riki Kogure, by Stanley Pranin ● Interview with Hakaru Mori (2), by Stanley Pranin ● Aiki...
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Remembering Mochizuki Sensei: Lessons and Reflections on Flexibility...
“If you keep focusing on technical (gi) and physical (tai) training only, if you neglect to train your spirit (shin) and refuse to change your way of thinking and the way you live, then you won’t...
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Koichi Tohei: Ongaeshi–Repayment of Kindness by Stanley Pranin
Koichi Tohei at Ki Society Headquarters in Tokyo, c. 1996 “I was there and I was one of the multitude who admired — no idolized! — the man.” From Aikido Journal #110 (1996) Aikido Journal has, over the...
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Remembering Mochizuki Sensei: Lessons and Reflections on Flexibility...
Minoru Mochizuki Sensei demonstrating tachidor at his Shizuoka Dojo in 1992 “The next step consists in applying the antidote to fear: familiarity. Little by little, we become accustomed to the thought...
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Video: Don Angier demonstrates at Aiki Expo 2002 (member video)
“When I began teaching in the fifties and mentioning aiki jujutsu, Kotaro and Kenji Yoshida, and the Daito-ryu, everyone said that I was a phony and there are no such people and no such art as aiki...
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Looking Back at the All-Japan Aikido Demonstration by Stanley Pranin
“One of the most interesting things about the All-Japan demonstrations is that you can see an entire range of aikidoka from hobbyists to the world’s finest teachers in a single venue, in a single...
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Retracing the footsteps of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba by Stanley Pranin
Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) “The attraction for me, a teenager at that time, was the flashy action scenes, the cool detachment of the heroes, and the exotic language and settings. I was...
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An End to the Collusion by Stanley Pranin
“O-Sensei was asked to give a special demonstration in the presence of the imperial family, but initially refused saying he couldn’t ‘show a lie’…” Aiki News #92 (Summer 1992) The scene is the annual...
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