Happy New Year of the Dog 2018 from the Aikido Sangenkai
Happy New Year of the Dog 2018 from the Aikido Sangenkai! Thank you all for your help and support over the last year. 2017 was a great year of training, and we’re looking forward to even more great...
View ArticleA Letter from Kenji Tomiki to Isamu Takeshita
Morihei Ueshiba and Isamu Takeshita on the train Isamu Takeshita (竹下勇) was an Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Imperial and a diplomat who helped negotiate the end of the Japanese war with Russia. A...
View ArticleAikido, qué no sabemos y por qué no lo sabemos … [Spanish Version]
“Takemusu Aiki” de Morihei Ueshiba, editado por Hideo Takahashi This is the Spanish translation of the article “Aikido and the Unknown“, provided courtesy of Juantxo Ruiz . Qué no sabemos y por qué no...
View ArticleAi no Bujutsu – Aiki and the Bujutsu of Love
Muko (Takeo) Nishikido Muko (Takeo) Nishikido (錦戸無光/武夫) was born in 1940 on Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands near Saipan. After school in Kumamoto he moved to Osaka, where he began to train in...
View ArticleHappy New Year of the Boar 2019 from the Aikido Sangenkai
Katsushika Hokusaithe goddess Marishiten riding a boar — Hau’oli Makahiki Hou — Happy New Year — 明けましておめでとうございます…and much Aloha! Thank you all for your help and support over the last year. We enjoyed...
View ArticleThe Essence of Aiki: an Interview with Seigo Okamoto Soshi – Part 1
Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu Roppokai (大東流合気柔術六方会)Founder Seigo Okamoto Soshi (岡本正剛宗師) Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu Roppokai Founder Seigo Okamoto was born in 1925 in Yubari City, Hokkaido. In 1963, at the age of...
View ArticleThe Essence of Aiki: an Interview with Seigo Okamoto Soshi – Part 2
Kodo Horikawa (front left) with Kazuto Ishida (right) Ishida was the 5th Chief Justice of Japan, the second chairman of the All Japan Kendo Federationand 5th Soke of Yamaoka Tesshu’s Itto Shoden...
View ArticleInterview with Chris Li about “Internal Power” training in Martial Arts
Below is an interview that originally appeared on Nick Porter’s The Way You Practice blog. Following the English interview is a translation in Spanish by Juantxo Ruiz. Hey folks! What follows below is...
View ArticleHappy New Year of the Rat 2020 from the Aikido Sangenkai
Thank you all for your help and support over the last year. We enjoyed training with all of you in 2019, and we’re looking forward to even more great training with you all in the coming year! December...
View ArticleHappy New Year of the Ox 2021 from the Aikido Sangenkai
Thank you all for your help and support over the last year. We enjoyed training with all of you in 2020 (what little training there was before the world locked down for Covid-19), and we’re looking...
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