FROM EDITION 8 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SUMMER 2022 Forward The origins and inspiration of the Founders' weapons...

FROM EDITION 7 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2021 Ukemi: definition First of all, let’s begin with some definitions....

FROM EDITION 7 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2021 The association that I first learnt Aikido in the 1990s represented...

FROM EDITION 7 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2021 When we study the evolution of any movement discipline we can...

FROM EDITION 5 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SPRING 2021 'Always imagine yourself on the battlefield under the fiercest...

FROM EDITION 4 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2020 In autumn 2020 Sensei de Quiros noted that we were going through...

FROM EDITION 3 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – SPRING 2020 I have no idea where to start when it comes to learning the Kaeshi...

FROM EDITION 2 OF THE TAE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2019 How can we practice Aikido at home alone? Whether to supplement our regular training or...

FROM EDITION 2 OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL – AUTUMN 2019 As part of practicing and teaching, I tend to spend time...

FROM EDITION 1, SUMMER 2019, OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL Atemi in Aikido is a controversial topic. Various first-generation...

FROM EDITION 1, SUMMER 2019, OF THE TRADITIONAL AIKIDO EUROPE JOURNAL 'Before we can truly face an attack without resistance and join...

Sensei [Saito Sensei] always emphasized that Aikido was based on the use of sword and that the basics of Aikido (kihon) were where the...

Here we continue the article by Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros on ‘Levels of practice, ability and understanding in Takemusu Aikido’. Once the...