Tag: Budo

Interview with Aikido Author Walther von Krenner: Training in America and Japan in the Early Years

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Beginning his martial arts journey in Germany in 1957 with judo, Walther von Krenner spent the next sixty years training in various martial arts, from aikido to kendo. Today, Krenner took the time to talk about his aikido journey, which started in 1961 with Isao Takahashi in Los Angeles, and took him to Japan to … Continue reading Interview with Aikido Author Walther von Krenner: Training in America and Japan in the Early Years

Interview with George Clark: Aikido in Florida

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A martial artist for sixty-one years, Florida aikidoka George Clark Sensei took the time to talk to Martial Arts of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow about his journey through many different aspects of the martial arts and the growth of aikido in Florida. The interview was conducted in the summer of 2018 for research of my … Continue reading Interview with George Clark: Aikido in Florida

The Way of Harmony in a Western World by Michael Aloia

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A short essay on aikido and budo in the Western world. There are those things in life that often are a self-contained conundrum – where what you see isn’t what you get; where what you think you have is actually something completely different, and where things actually get harder the longer you do it. Aikido … Continue reading The Way of Harmony in a Western World by Michael Aloia