The 56th edition of the All Japan Aikido Demonstration, the first one of the new Reiwa era, took place on Saturday, May 26th, 2018. ...

The series of summer seminars 2018 approaching fast. Some practitioners often take the initiative to film some of the courses, which leaves little room for ...

Christopher Mulligan began training Aikido in 1972. Along with his wife Okamoto Yoko, he established the Portland Aikikai under the tutelage of Yamada Yoshimitsu ...

The japanese word budo is omnipresent in popular culture and yet, it is one of the most misunderstood, including by budoka themselves. I would like ...

Kobayashi Yasuo Shihan holds the rank of 8th dan of Aikikai. He became a student of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo is 1955 where he ...

The warm days have returned and with them, comes a time of demonstrations and martial arts events of all kinds. Indeed, we will soon ...

Kobayashi Yasuo Shihan is one of the last living uchi deshi of the founder of Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei. Unlike many of his peers, he ...

It is now somewhat of a tradition that I write a report on the occasion of the Kagamibiraki taking place at the beginning of ...

Whistlekick is a weekly podcast that focuses on the martial arts through interviews and focused discussions. Past guests include Chrisine Bannon-Rodrigues, Dave Kovar,  Mike Chat, ...

Tada Shihan is one of the last greats of Aikido who have had the chance to study under its founder, Ueshiba Morihei. Tada Shihan ...