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A Critical Review of the Classic Samurai Text: Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe (An excerpt from the book: Inner Bushido)T We continue to explore […]

A Critical Review of the Classic Samurai Text: Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe  (An excerpt from the book: Inner Bushido) We continue to explore […]

by Michael Pattarozzi BOKKEN-DORI: noun, definition: When attacked with a sword NAGE disarms UKE with his bare hands. We were finishing a medical call. “Control 2, […]

A Critical Review of the Classic Samurai Text: Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe (An excerpt from the book: Inner Bushido) We continue to […]

by Sean Hannon Sensei A past teacher of mine would frequently say, “Bring it!”  What she meant by that was whatever you want to experience, you […]

Each fall the daylight hours shorten many people become afflicted with what has become known as seasonal affect disorder (or, aptly named, SAD).  Most people are […]

The Classic Japanese Text on the Way of Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) Part 1 of 6 Miyamoto Musashi’s Book of Five Rings is a classic Japanese […]

“The Way is in training.” – Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) People train AIKIDO for a variety of different reasons.  Recently, I was sharing with Hannon Sensei how, […]

AIKIDO is different from other martial arts in that we can harness a weaker or smaller force to overcome a stronger or larger force or opponent.  […]