by AA | Aug 9, 2020 | General Info, Ken, Lead Article, Weapons
Blending with your opponent’s movements and taking advantage of the opening and energy presented by an attack is central to Aikido. This general principle is captured and trained into the Aikidoka through awase practice. There are a number of awase practices in...
by AA | Jul 20, 2020 | Lead Article, Weapons
It’s well known that Saito Sensei developed the 5 kumitachi kata. No doubt these katas were developed from the training he received from the founder, O’Sensei. In this post, we explore the surviving archival film of O’Sensei in search of the origins...