One thought dogged me during the weeks after I resumed practicing aikido in the late '80s, at 41, following a nearly seven-year hiatus: I'm too old for this. Falling safely - and frequently - is ...

Emphasising self-defence rather than victory, Japan's youngest martial art brings both new and veteran practitioners from across the globe to Tanabe, the town where it was born. Two men stood opposite ...

Her black curly hair pulled back in a tight bun, Neilu Naini kneels, then bows deeply before a small vase of flowers and a framed picture of an elderly Japanese man. The moment of silence in the small ...

“Ikeda Shihan is a gifted instructor and Aikido-ist, who believes that Aikido students should have the opportunity to train freely across affiliations,” said Lia Suzuki Sensei, a 30 year Aikido ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Aug. 13, 2019) -- Yotaro Mukai has taught aikido at the Yano Fitness Center here for 21 years, and he welcomes everyone. For those who want to learn, Mukai offers classes at ...

In the classic tradition of Japanese Martial Arts, a Maltese Aikido instructor has just returned from a six-week period as a live-in uchi-deshi of his Martial Arts master Jean Francois Riondet (VII ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Aikido instructor John Daniel stood on a blue mat in the middle of a circle of kids from the YMCA’s summer camp and seniors with dementia, dressed in an ...

RARITAN TWP. – The public is invited to attend the Aikido Kokikai Seminar and Demonstration on Saturday, July 24 at HealthQuest on Route 31 here. The event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the ...