[ppp_non_patron_only]Travelling in South America was both a fascinating and disappointing trip. It came immediately after…
There is always this floating question about the nature of ukemi, what it is and…
Where are you? Where are the young people in Aikido? I am talking about the…
Why do we bother with them? Why does a non competitive martial art continue to…
In the last couple of years I have been writing on and off with the…
“Cutting down” or “striking down”. This is the simple translation of Kiri Otoshi as used…
The enforced social isolation and the inability to go training as usual at the dojo…
I wrote this article several years ago as I recalled my early days in San…
I have been coaching for over 30 years in the Japanese martial art of Aikido and…
I wrote this article several years ago, I think 2015. It was intended mainly for…