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“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…
The Southwestern Aikikai as it was known consisted of the Albuquerque and Santa Fe dojos…
It was in an interview, I think back in the 70’s when Frank Sinatra spoke…
I like karate and other similar martial arts. Generally speaking there is a clarity in…
One evening some of the dojo members were invited to the Chiba household for dinner.…
The stress and pressure of training in San Diego Aikikai was a given, the norm.…