The budo root of aikido demands rigorous training, discipline and commitment in order to internalise and make intuitive the key...

There is a mixed message at the heart of aikido practice. On the one hand the founder Morehei Ueshiba promoted it as a path of peace and...

As part of a first Dan promotion I ask my students to write an essay on what aikido means to them. Tom first came to me as a beginner,...

It is an incontrovertible fact that the popularity of aikido is waning. The art receives a barrage of criticism from MMA and the cage...

If you use a muscle to move something you are essentially using a lever. To pull something towards you, you will use your biceps to flex...

WHAT AIKIDO TRAINING CAN DO FOR YOU The warm up routine and the actual practising of technique, which may involve constant attacking,...

A long term student recently told me that he felt that our study of aikido was ignoring the spiritual dimension of the art by focussing...

Many techniques in aikido require a non-slip grip on uke's wrist. In particular gokyo (fifth pin) and shiho-nage are techniques in which...

The term uke is derived from the verb “ukeru” to receive and refers to the partner in a practice pair who traditionally provides the...

Here we have one of those mysteries of aikido. A mystery which many folk would say is extremely important to correct technique....