In Budo, Teachings of the Founder of Aikido (1991), O’Sensei outlined his “Precautions for Training.” This training manual was originally published (for private circulation) in 1938 when he was 55-years old. There are other translations: 1. Aikido decides life and death in a single strike, so students must carefully follow the instructor’s teaching and notContinue reading “PRECAUTIONS FOR TRAINING”
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MULLIGAN SENSEI WORKSHOP 2022
A much belated post on Mulligan sensei’s returned to Portland for a workshop weekend March 5 & 6, 2022. It was a welcome return to seminar training! On Saturday, he covered two basic forms of entry (ashi sabaki) as a precursor to the disarm class on Sunday. My subsequent classes were an homage to MulliganContinue reading “MULLIGAN SENSEI WORKSHOP 2022”
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Before he died, my uncle Tony gifted me his first Italian edition of Il Fuoco (The Flame, 1900), signed by Gabriele D’Annunzio himself. I regret that I didn’t record where or why he acquired the book. He did teach himself Italian, but I don’t know if he mastered it sufficiently to read the original. IContinue reading “Gabriele D’Annunzio”
Protective Arts 