by Tambuli Media | Sep 20, 2017 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Aikido, Walther von Krenner, Ken Jeremiah
Editor’s Note: It’s no secret that I am a collector of books. I love them; especially the ones that contain deep insights into common topics or esoteric discussions of areas not so clear. In Walther von Krenner’s book, Following the Martial Path,...
by Tambuli Media | Mar 14, 2017 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Aikido, Walther von Krenner, Ken Jeremiah
by Ken Jeremiah Studying the martial arts is a spiritual pursuit, but at the beginning, students rarely understand this. They see everything in black and white. There are no shades of grey. Techniques are nothing more than devise used to control or injure another, and...
by Tambuli Media | Feb 13, 2017 | Aikido, Walther von Krenner
by Walther von Krenner When I first met the founder of Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei (O-Sensei), he was 84 years old and he did not teach in Tokyo every day. I remember entering his office, which has a small door reminiscent of those found on traditional teahouses, and...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 12, 2016 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Garry Parker, Walther von Krenner, Ken Jeremiah
Tambuli’s Budo Bundle contains three important and insightful books on Japanese and Okinawan martial arts from the perspective of Westerns trained in the Far East. Book 1 – Atemi: the Thunder and Lightning of Aikido by Walther von Krenner and Ken Jeremiah,...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 4, 2016 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Aikido, Walther von Krenner
by Walther G. von Krenner with Ken Jeremiah Originally, the Japanese language did not have a term for green. The word ao referred to both blue and green. The colors were so close that they were just considered different shades. This might seem strange to speakers of...
by Tambuli Media | Jun 11, 2016 | Aikido, Authors, Walther von Krenner, Ken Jeremiah
Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei, affectionately called O-Sensei (Great Teacher) by students, warned, “In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and advance to the first rung.” There are many steps. If it takes...