Dojo-cho Note: The dojo is a labor of love. No one receives any compensation in the dojo, with fees going to keep lights on, rent paid...

Several years ago, I was chatting with a 12-year-old student before class. She asked me if aikido was effective, which prompted me to ask...

What is a Dojo? Answering this starts with what Aikido is. When I asked Sugano Sensei what Aikido was, taking his forefinger and drawing...

Dear All, As we head toward 2025, I wanted to put a few things out: 11 Nov Veterans Day Practice . On next Monday, the 11th, we will have...

A family member was coming with me to take a class and casually remarked, "You know, Aikido doesn't work." Seeing my look, he quickly...

Photo Credit: Scott Laperruque On the morning of 9-11, I had finished a morning class at New York Aikikai (NYA). A friend called from the...

“Aikido could be classified as Japanese martial art.  Developed among samurai society.  Techniques at base are fighting.  Aikido is not mart

24 August 2007. Traveling with Sensei to Belgian, Global Inner Aikido Seminar (GIAS.) Sugano Sensei. “In Aikido there is no relationship...