The first Farmer’s Almanac said that a fully grown Chestnut tree will feed a family of four for a year. The Chestnut, beyond being valuable wood for furniture making, was a poverty food. When all other food ran out, early American families knew they could survive if they had a single Chestnut tree. I heard this on a radio program about the national effort to bring back the Chestnut after billions of them died about a century ago across North America from a fungal blight. A new hybrid has been...

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...

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