A fiery 4th kyu test moment with Chau and Nagi Every year the dojo chooses a theme that helps us see our practice in a new way. We do...

The author: Ithaca Aikikai member and aikido teacher at SUNY Binghamton, Mark Norton, doing what he loves--throwing his friends After 44...

Image: Lining up to prepare for our last tests October 23, 2023 With our tests one week away, and with rich memories of Birankai summer...

Image: My teacher, Ryugan Savoca Shihan, doing something that looks far more violent than it is It’s time to revisit the overly broad...

Image: Spring sesshin with Rev. Komyo Seido at Brooklyn Aikikai, April 2024 It’s time to revisit the topic of the year–this notion that...

Image: O Sensei, in a pose that reminds me that the goal is not rigor for its own sake This year, the dojo is reflecting on aikido as...

Deborah about an hour into her nidan test Credit: Sean McNintch Our first tests as a dojo are a month away, and I want to concretize a...

Even when you are uncertain, do not use this one day wastefully. It is a rare treasure to value. Do not compare it with an enormous...

Image: T.K. Chiba Shihan, whose relationship with fear is very interesting to me, but I have never directly experienced it. I’ve been...

Image: Seiichi Sugano Shihan, as I knew him, teaching after an amputation below the knee Seiichi Sugano Shihan (1939-2010), an important...

Right now, the wonderful opportunity and interesting limitation of our community is that everybody is very new to aikido. This is how I...