#daito-ryu

New blog post! "Ueshiba-ha Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu" - on Morihei Ueshiba and his continuing relationship with Daito-ryu, from 1915 to 1969. 

New blog post! "Ai no Bujutsu – Aiki and the Bujutsu of Love". “Neither cut nor be cut. Neither strike nor be struck. Neither kick nor be kicked.”. It is a bujutsu that handles the opponent without causing them harm.

Some years ago, John Driscoll published two seminal essays on the history and substance of aikido technique. They are still on this site. At my request, he rewrote them, and combined them in a single article. The two essays are now combined in one, extensively rewritten, entitled: Reflections on The Origin of Ueshiba Morihei’s Koshinage & The Relationship of Daito-ryu and Aikido Waza

New blog post! Tired of Wikileaks? Here's the latest "Aikileaks" dump :) - "Takuma Hisa – Kannagara no Budo, Daito-ryu Aiki Budo Hiden 1940"

Interview with Hiroshi Sagawa and 10th Gen Shihan    Tatsuo Kimura – Part 2        "Although everyone says that only Takeda Sensei can do techniques    using Aiki, Sensei is also a human being so it must absolutely be    possible for me to understand Aiki."        - Hiroshi Sagawa quoting his older brother Yukiyoshi Sagawa    

New blog post! "Interview with Hiroshi Sagawa and 10th Gen Shihan Tatsuo Kimura – Part 1" - an interview with Yukiyoshi Sagawa's student Tatsuo Kimura and his younger brother, Hiroshi Sagawa.

New blog post - Yukiyoshi Sagawa’s Aiki, a true portrait of Transparent Power – Interview with Tatsuo Kimura Part 2: 'For the most part, it is only those that give up on becoming strong at some point that try to rationalize the matter by saying “trying to become strong is superficial”.' 

Yukiyoshi Sagawa’s Aiki, a true portrait of Transparent Power – Interview with Tatsuo Kimura Part 1 - "Frankly speaking, when Morihei Ueshiba died, I felt Aikido was finished. It disappeared from the world because the Aikido of Morihei Ueshiba and that of his students are completely different."