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...
