Category: Walther von Krenner

Meeting O-Sensei

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The Spiritual Path of Budo and Zen [Video]

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.…

When I Met O-Sensei, the Founder of Aikido

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…

A Lifetime in Budo and Zen

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…

Strike Lessons from O-Sensei

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…

Ukemi and Atemi: Receiving and Striking

People begin training in the martial arts for many reasons. Sometimes they are just looking for exercise, while others seek some sort of spiritual direction that…