From Durango Shin Budo Kai, a resource for aikido exploration, insights, inspiration, and recommended readings from four practitioners spanning 5th kyu to yondan.
Giant sequoia trees are humbling to behold. Standing next to those trees, I thought, how can something living grow so big? How can it be so massive? I had to ask a park ranger what they looked like when they were small. He waved a hand at all the little trees around us, from sprouts…
A koan is an insoluble puzzle that gives deeper and deeper insights but is never resolved. Recently Mark Sensei slipped us a dual koan to ponder: Uke is irrelevant/Throw it all away “Uke is irrelevant” originated from a video produced by Warren W., 6th dan, from New York Shin Budo Kai. After…