Month: August 2025

Interview with Aikido School Ando Founders Edo and Anne: Donovan Waite’s Impact in Holland, Part II

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Siblings Anne and Edo Slui trained in aikido since they were children, having their parents unwavering support. They trained under many of the European greats, but found a special connection with Donovan Waite, making their way to many of his seminars throughout the years. Today, the two siblings sat down to talk about their experiences … Continue reading Interview with Aikido School Ando Founders Edo and Anne: Donovan Waite’s Impact in Holland, Part II

Interview with Aikido School Ando Founders Edo and Anne: Donovan Waite’s Impact in Holland, Part I

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Siblings Anne and Edo Slui trained in aikido since they were children, having their parents unwavering support. They trained under many of the European greats, but found a special connection with Donovan Waite, making their way to many of his seminars throughout the years. Today, the two siblings sat down to talk about their experiences … Continue reading Interview with Aikido School Ando Founders Edo and Anne: Donovan Waite’s Impact in Holland, Part I

Creative Anachronism in Japanese Martial Arts: Preserving the Past Through Practice by Michael Martin

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Creative anachronism is more than nostalgia; it’s the pointed revival of historical practices in the modern world, imbued with symbolic resonance, ritual, and performance. Like costumed historical reenactors staging battles for educational or cultural impact, practitioners of budō, or traditional Japanese martial arts, engage in reenactment through their uniforms, weapons, customs, and values. In the … Continue reading Creative Anachronism in Japanese Martial Arts: Preserving the Past Through Practice by Michael Martin

Interview with Bartitsu Practitioner Michael Sanders: Learning a System that Practices What it Preaches

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Michael Sanders first began longsword almost half a decade ago and wanted to find something he could train during the summer months, without dying inside the sparring gear. He stumbled on Bartitsu, a Victorian-era martial art blending self-defense, striking, and grappling techniques, and has yet to look back. Sanders sat down to share his insights … Continue reading Interview with Bartitsu Practitioner Michael Sanders: Learning a System that Practices What it Preaches

Interview with Rapier Marshal Lyon MacKeegan: Fighting in the Past and Recreating the Past, Part II

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By the invitation of a high school friend, Lyon MacKeegan found himself being geared up for a Society for Creative Anachronism heavy combat bout. Shortly after, MacKeegan joined the rapier side of the SCA and continued has not looked back since. Throughout his thirty-plus years of active membership, he rose to the position of Rapier … Continue reading Interview with Rapier Marshal Lyon MacKeegan: Fighting in the Past and Recreating the Past, Part II

Interview with Rapier Marshal Lyon MacKeegan: Fighting in the Past and Recreating the Past, Part I

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By the invitation of a high school friend, Lyon MacKeegan found himself being geared up for a Society for Creative Anachronism heavy combat bout. Shortly after, MacKeegan joined the rapier side of the SCA and continued has not looked back since. Throughout his thirty-plus years of active membership, he rose to the position of Rapier … Continue reading Interview with Rapier Marshal Lyon MacKeegan: Fighting in the Past and Recreating the Past, Part I