When Aikido Came to America…

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 the book, Aikido Comes to America. This interview was recently conducted by Tambuli Media president, Mark V. Wiley, as a deeper dive into some of the material contained with the Aloia’s ground-breaking book. 

Rodney Grantham and Aikido in America’s Southwest

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 off-duty hours, mostly at police stations.

Four Principles of Aikido

Aikido’s four principles form the content and the methods for which the budoka can control not only themselves, but situations outside of themselves.

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…

Blackbelt Satori: O-Sensei (Part 1)

By Herb Borkland This romance between martial arts and enlightenment is a global cliché. Philosophic boxers wander through the world’s imagination. Kung-fu cinema stars flying Zen…

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…