If Aikido Works Like a Sword, Then is it a ‘Weapons Art’? A ‘Weapons Art’ uses a weapon or weapons (Eg...
Shiho Nage: Throw Towards the Four Corners Shiho Nage (also spelt as shihonage) means throw to the four corners or...
Kokyu Nage: Throw With the Power of Your Breath Kokyu Nage (or kokyunage) literally means ‘breath power throw’. The kokyu...
Irimi Nage: Enter and Throw Irimi Nage is one of the most fundamental yet unique Aikido techniques. Irimi Nage or...
Tanren: 7 Points To Consider When Training Tanren in Japanese means to forge or hammered into strength, like a new...
You Too Can Have a Good Aikido Bokken Even Though You are Just Starting A Bokken is a wooden sword...
31 Kumi Jo Aikijo Bukiwaza The 31 Kumi Jo (Kumijo) is the partner practice for the Aikido 31 Jo Kata....
31 Jo Kata Aikijo Bukiwaza 31 Jo Kata is an Aikido kata created by O Sensei Ueshiba and was handed...
The Aikido Mind of the Modern Samurai The Aikido Mind came from the five Spirits of Budo ‘The Way of...