Antonio Aloia    Bruce Bookman Sensei is the Chief Instructor of Tenzan Aikido in Seattle, Washington and one of the most highly respected aikido instructors in the United States. He became the youngest aikido black belt in America at the age of while studying under Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan at New York Aikikai...

Josh Gold    The following is a conversation between Christian Tissier and Josh Gold from March . Christian Tissier Shihan th dan is one of the world’s most respected and influential aikido instructors today. He began his aikido training in and moved to Tokyo in where he lived and trained at...

Josh Gold    Malory Graham Sensei started Aikido training in with Paul Sylvain Sensei and founded Seattle Aikikai in as a community run dojo. She received her th Dan from Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan in and continues to develop her own training with Yoko Okamoto Sensei and Chris Mulligan Sensei of...

Josh Gold    As we near the end of , I wanted to share what I, and Aikido Journal, have been up to since our last update in May and what lies ahead. Aikido Pioneers: Postwar Era I’m excited to announce that we’ve completed Aikido Pioneers: Postwar Era and will begin taking preorders next week. This is

Josh Gold    Lisa Tomoleoni Shihan th dan Aikikai spent almost years in Japan training at the Aikido World Headquarters and teaching Aikido professionally at a dojo in Tokyo. In addition to over years Aikido experience, Lisa has black belt ranking in Judo and Iaido and is a member of the Kenshukan...

Josh Gold    In Spring , Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei sat down with Josh Gold at San Francisco Aikikai to discuss his time as an uchi deshi, his perspective on aikido’s growth and evolution over his almost years of experience in the art, and his thoughts on the student teacher relationship in aikido....

Antonio Aloia    The following editorial was contributed by Jason Perna of Old City Aikido. When I first stepped on an Aikido mat, O Sensei had only been gone for about years. My teachers still spoke of him often and instilled a very strong sense that O Sensei was the absolute source and represented the pinnacle...

Josh Gold    Kayla Feder Sensei, th dan, Aikikai, is the Dojo Cho of Aikido of Berkeley. In at age of Kayla fell in love with Aikido and now has almost years of continuous training in the art. For the first years of her practice, she was greatly inspired by her training under Morihiro Saito

Josh Gold    You may have noticed that we’ve taken a hiatus from publishing the last few months. And although you’ve not seen many new articles recently, much has been going on behind the scenes at Aikido Journal. Aikido Journal Academy We’ve updated the Aikido Journal Academy site, where most of our video and...

Josh Gold    This short editorial is contributed by Don Ellingsworth Sensei th dan , who is a Head Instructor and Founder of Aikido Chuseikan in Tampa Bay, Florida. He is a direct student of Mitsugi Saotome Sensei and is the Administrator of the ASU, one of the largest Aikido organizations in the United...