One thought dogged me during the weeks after I resumed practicing aikido in the late '80s, at 41, following a nearly seven-year hiatus: I'm too old for this. Falling safely - and frequently - is ...

Her black curly hair pulled back in a tight bun, Neilu Naini kneels, then bows deeply before a small vase of flowers and a framed picture of an elderly Japanese man. The moment of silence in the small ...

Emphasising self-defence rather than victory, Japan's youngest martial art brings both new and veteran practitioners from across the globe to Tanabe, the town where it was born. Two men stood opposite ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Aug. 13, 2019) -- Yotaro Mukai has taught aikido at the Yano Fitness Center here for 21 years, and he welcomes everyone. For those who want to learn, Mukai offers classes at ...

'Aikido' is a lesser known martial art which originates from Japan. This Japanese art was founded in the late 1940's / early 50's. The Broadland Aikido club has been running in Lowestoft for some 20 ...

In the classic tradition of Japanese Martial Arts, a Maltese Aikido instructor has just returned from a six-week period as a live-in uchi-deshi of his Martial Arts master Jean Francois Riondet (VII ...

It's not about using force but about channeling it to get your attackers down. French Aikido masters, Jerome Marchand and Flavian, showed how to do it at a seven-day Aikido camp in the city. It's not ...

Malaysian martial arts icon Thamby Rajah who taught hundreds the grappling art of aikido, even into his mid-80s, has died. Malaysia’s father of aikido, passed away on Sunday at his home here. He would ...