I downloaded the dating app, entered a punchy profile, and uploaded some pictures. My index finger hovered over the submit button. I...

“Don’t change the kata,” Sensei Mark reminds the class. We stand in pairs down the mat, like characters in a Jane Austen novel about to...

In my early years of aikido, connection was not emphasized. I first conceived of connection as something to break away from. Someone...

Finally: the answer to the conundrum which has bebuggered our dojo and its instructors—maybe all dojos and instructors—since the dawn of...

My shaky signature on the little sign-in card betrayed the fact that I was choking back some fear. This was Day One of my aikido...

For almost 15 years, Durango Shin-Budo Kai has been a community resource for boosting mind-body unification, refining the spirit, and...

I thought weight underside would be one of the easier principles to discuss, but it is both obvious and counter-intuitive. I have begun...

Shizuo Imaizumi Shihan Sensei. Formerly of Aikiki and Ki no Kenkyukai, Imaizumi Sensei established Shin Budo Kai on October 1, 1988. He...

Our dojo recently enjoyed a spectacular, technically spot-on nikyu test—nikyu meaning 2nd rank below black belt shodan. No matter what...

I never expected to fall in love again. For several months, my wife Adele had been taking tai chi at the community college. After class,...

Martial arts require practicing new ways of moving, thinking, and interacting with others. Aikido relies on several key principles that...

I could have gone blind the light was so bright. It blazed so abruptly. I didn’t have time to take cover and shield my eyes. This...

Mark Sensei commonly reminds us to move around our own center, regardless of what uke may be doing or not doing. After spending my entire...