Routine Check-up?
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...
No "Experience" Necessary?
What is training really about? Often we think of the physical techniques, and the day to day practice that goes along with polishing...
They Call it Social Distancing; We Know it by Another Name.
I think it’s interesting how quickly the whole of society is beginning to raise their awareness of space and distance. Those who practice...
No Partner, No Problem!
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...
If you receive it, keep it!
From time to time I talk to my students about my late teacher, the Rev. Kensho Furuya Sensei. We maintained a long-distance relationship,...
Looking Inward
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...
Going Beyond
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...
"S" is for Sensitivity
When it comes to being a senior student, or “senpai,” there are many responsibilities that come with the territory. A senpai is expected...
Pass it on
This post is about raising up students with the necessary technical and human skills to take over and help the art of Aikido flourish
Daily Dosage?
Once, a student admitted to me that the reason they hadn’t been around for a while was because they thought they had sufficiently...
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