self defense

Dec 28, 2020

The Power of Ki

A while ago I was given a suggestion to make an aikicomic for this wonderful story: Supposedly Koichi Tohei Sensei was once challenged to...

Dec 21, 2020

Something you can actually work on at home during Covid restrictions and your uke doesn’t need to know Aikido... When done wrong, it...

Dec 14, 2020

We know them… we are them… I’m mainly fragile, with a bit of comedian, and way too much of oblivious. A note to my dojo - no, I didn’t...

Dec 7, 2020

I was asked by a fellow member of our dojo to post one with proper protocols for bowing in/out with weapons. Since I was just as unclear...

Nov 30, 2020

"One of the difficulties that men face when studying Aikido, is letting go of the preconception that physical strength is the way to make...

Nov 16, 2020

Reminder to self… because this is one of the many things I’m bound to forget by the time I’m back on the mat… When practicing - bokken to...

Nov 9, 2020

"As you get older, your muscles weaken, and you can no longer lift and pull. In the end there's a limit to physical strength, no matter...

Oct 19, 2020

"The difference between the living and the dead is timing". I apologize, couldn’t find whose quote it is, but I just had to use it since...