by Aikido Journal | Dec 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
An article by Ellis Amdur.It is, by now, a truism, that martial arts are manifestations of culture. Encompassed within the system is a hidden structural language of the culture. For example, a long-stave fighting system holds the weapon in the middle, doing little or...
by Aikido Journal | Nov 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
You’ve been at it now for 29 years, and you’ve got a dojo which is part of your house in New Zealand, and a training situation where you are basically doing what you think is the right thing and where you don’t concern yourself with ranks. Where do...
by Aikido Journal | Nov 9, 2006 | Uncategorized
Posted by Mark Bilson on November 7th, 2006 As soon as you mention the spiritual aspects of Aikido many people construct a subconscious barrier by assuming that the spiritual and martial aspects are in distinction to each other. In other words, Aikido is either...
