Martial Arts and Modern Life

Nev Sagiba, an aikido instructor, has written some excellent articles for Aikido Journal.  Here are two aimed at beginners, not just in aiki...

A couple of days ago 2008 post of mine, The Broader Meaning of Kuzushi , was picked up by Aikido Journal and featured in their blog. Nice...

I recently learned that one of our restraint and control techniques, which officially goes by the (not very descriptive) name of "wrist...

Aikido is a 20th-century offshoot of jiu-jitsu, whose core empty-hand techniques are -- unsurprisingly -- drawn from jiu-jitsu. Since aiki...

Despite a strong temptation to use April Foolishness as my theme for my class this April -- maybe next year! -- this month's theme is Pu...