Interview with University of Chicago Ki-Aikido Club Instructor Kağan Arık: The Similarities and Differences, Part II

Kagan Arik began learning Ki-Aikido while attending the University of Pennsylvania almost by accident. There, he trained under Hal Abramson Sensei, from whom he learned fundamentals. When he moved to Seattle, Washington, Arik started training with Koichi Kashiwaya Sensei and was exposed to different approaches that opened him to the different possibilities of Ki-Aikido. Arik … Continue reading Interview with University of Chicago Ki-Aikido Club Instructor Kağan Arık: The Similarities and Differences, Part II

Interview with Longtime Aikidoka Corky Quakenbush: Intention, Performance, and Takemusu Aiki, Part I

Corky Quakenbush first saw aikido when he was learning how to fence and hoped to see the demonstration again the next week, but to no avail. He then saw the art again while in Los Angeles, where he was asked to participate and felt a powerful and painful nikyo, something that did not fully sit … Continue reading Interview with Longtime Aikidoka Corky Quakenbush: Intention, Performance, and Takemusu Aiki, Part I