by Aikido Journal | Nov 3, 2006 | Uncategorized
Another good article by Nev SagibaThe methodology of aiki combat is to seek to finalise quickly. Other attackers are coming. Its basis is kime, conclusive and quick decisiveness.In faking this for training beginners in today’s modern Aikido, it becomes possible to...
by Aikido Journal | Oct 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
An interesting article by Nev Sagiba“Movement is life, stagnation is death.” An old saying found to be true in all things. Indeed the only universal constant is change and the navigation of change and challenge a necessity of existence. Navigating change necessarily...
by Aikido Journal | Oct 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Peter Bernath, 6th Dan, Shidoin[Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a planned series on Aikido and children. It is written by Peter Bernath, who in addition to being Chief Instructor of Florida Aikikai and one of the senior instructors of the US...
by Aikido Journal | Oct 9, 2006 | Uncategorized
There is no need for a mimicry of form to look like aiki techniques when the attacks are pansy-like. Indeed, no possibility of real aiki to arise exists when an attack is false. A simple slap will do. But pretending has nothing to do with either Budo, self defence or...
by Aikido Journal | Oct 2, 2006 | Uncategorized
A brief commentary on the organisation of Aikido weapons Very often our training habits force us to learn these techniques slowly and somewhat disjointedly, making it hard to initially fit these techniques of various levels into the whole weapon system. This can...
by Aikido Journal | Sep 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
I often get asked “what style of aikido do you practice?”. Good question! It’s a bit like saying “what kind of person are you?”. One of the aspect I truly love about aiki, is that every practitioner, from the newcomer to the ancient...
by Aikido Journal | Sep 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
In Japan from long ago there were martial arts such as jujitsu where one could ward off an attack empty handed. There are 179 schools documented. There were many kinds of techniques that catered for all sorts of situations but we can classify them broadly into two...
by Aikido Journal | Sep 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
How did O-Sensei teach Jo and Ken in Iwama after the war? We understand that you entered the Iwama dojo in the summer of 1946. Did you practice Jo and Ken as well as taijutsu immediately after you entered the dojo?Yes, we practiced both of them. Since we could not...
by Aikido Journal | Sep 1, 2006 | Uncategorized
An excellent article by David Lynch.Guy was stabbed in the back three times.A student of our dojo with the sometimes hazardous occupation of nightclub proprietor, he was trying to restrain a scrawny, green-haired youth who had assaulted one of the bar staff. While Guy...
by Aikido Journal | Aug 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
Except taken from “experts.about.comQuestionHello, I am drawn to the philosophies of aikido, but am concerned that it is not a real form of fighting or defense. All the video I have seen of it online show the attacking students throwing themselves away from the...
