How is your routine lately? Do you even remember what it felt like to just be humming along within its comforting embrace? A routine, in...

What is training really about? Often we think of the physical techniques, and the day to day practice that goes along with polishing...

I think it’s interesting how quickly the whole of society is beginning to raise their awareness of space and distance. Those who practice...

A few thoughts regarding how to practice on our own during the Covid-19 crisis. . Please stay strong, stay safe, and stay well. We'll see...

From time to time I talk to my students about my late teacher, the Rev. Kensho Furuya Sensei. We maintained a long-distance relationship,...

Many of the great hero myths and stories of the warriors of old include some period of isolation. Many are gifted from the beginning with...

When I was a child, any sort of space mission was always an event. If a new shuttle was about to be launched, the whole country stood...

When it comes to being a senior student, or “senpai,” there are many responsibilities that come with the territory. A senpai is expected...

This post is about raising up students with the necessary technical and human skills to take over and help the art of Aikido flourish

Once, a student admitted to me that the reason they hadn’t been around for a while was because they thought they had sufficiently...