March 1, 2021, the first Monday class after almost a full year off the Aikido mat. Restrictions are still in place – masked, no-contact training – which makes for a challenging teaching and learning environment. Aikido is an energetic art: we need to touch each other to understand how to ‘blend’ with the intentional forceContinue reading “RETURN TO THE MAT – MARCH 2021”
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Bill Bagwell
Japanese swords and smiths have an aura of the exotic, but the truth is a master smith in every culture is a wizard. The skill to transmute and forge raw materials into something beautiful and deadly is marvelous and magical. Bill Bagwell was an American mage of blade craft. He died February 17, 2021. TheContinue reading “Bill Bagwell”
Winter Fragility
Snow started on Friday, February 12th (2021) and it was a welcome break. My boys and I went sledding down our steep drive: But when the power went out later that night and the internet went down, the gravity of the winter storm hit home. Freezing rain and ice wrecked the transmission lines and weContinue reading “Winter Fragility”
Protective Arts 