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Martial Aiki – Past and Present

Written by James Williams
An excerpt from an article published in the Aikido JOURNAL
“Nature knows but one kind of justice, the inevitable conformity of results to causes.”
In modern language we use the term martial arts for a number of disciplines that are based to some degree or another on various Samurai methods of war and personal [...]

In & Yo The dynamics of Aikido interaction

by Dennis Hooker
To begin to understand the “IN” and “YO” (Yin and Yang) of Aikido interaction, we must first view the art of Aikido not as a soft art, but as one both soft, and hard. It is customary to think of Aikido as a soft art. Often, when compared to other forms of budo, [...]