by Tambuli Media | Apr 6, 2021 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Aikido, Antonio Aloia, Uncategorized
Sensei Antonio Aloia grew up in a martial arts family and has spent the better part of his life practicing Aikido. He has spent a significant portion of his academic studies on researching the history of Aikido since it reached America from Japan, he is the author of...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 12, 2020 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Goju-ryu Karate, Karate, Russ Smith
By Russ L. Smith We are typically assuming in a self-defense scenario, that the defender is first acting in the after, as the attacker is the one initiating the action, acting before the defender. If we liken a fight to a dance, the attacker is leading the dance, and...
by Tambuli Media | Nov 17, 2020 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Aikido, Antonio Aloia
By Antonio Aloia Rodney Grantham (~1928-2008) played a pivotal role in the push of aikido in the American Southeast. Grantham began judo in 1950 while stationed in Yokosuka, Japan as a surgical scrub nurse during the Korean War. There, he would train judo on his...
by Tambuli Media | Oct 7, 2020 | Aikido, Antonio Aloia
By Antonio Aloia At the heart of aikido lies something more than just martial technique or a peaceful and harmonizing philosophy. What lies beneath the surface of normal and routine aikido training is budo – the martial way. Budo is not a martial technique or a...
by Tambuli Media | Aug 3, 2020 | Karate
by Irvin B. Gill There is a lot of material available to those who seek to better understand American Kenpo Karate. There are new self-defense techniques, different applications of the present material or definitions, books, videos and online sites devoted to Kenpo...
by Tambuli Media | May 28, 2018 | Chinese Martial Arts, Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Goju-ryu Karate, Karate, Russ Smith
In my experience training, studying, and teaching Okinawan Goju-ryu karate, I’ve encountered a significant number of students and teachers who have shared many of my same concerns over the teaching model(s) often used to present the content of this tradition. It is...
