Sample module from Aikido Extensions with Bruce Bookman.

Full course available here: https://academy.aikidojournal.com/p/Aikido-Extensions

Sample module from Aikido Extensions with Bruce Bookman.

Full course available here: https://academy.aikidojournal.com/p/Aikido-Extensions

Sample module from Aikido Extensions with Bruce Bookman.

Full course available here: https://academy.aikidojournal.com/p/Aikido-Extensions

This video was produced for our updated Ki Aikido course with Koichi Tohei.

Part 2 of a documentary on Noriaki Inoue, widely regarded Morihei’s number one student who often taught in his uncle’s stead. Among the prewar students of the Founder, he had the reputation of being Morihei’s most skilled disciple and was said to move in a manner virtually identical to his famous...

Stanley Pranin discusses the post-war Aikikai during a Q&A session in 2016. This was one of the last of such events Pranin Sensei led before his passing in 2017.

Part 2 of surviving footage of a seminar conducted by Koichi Tohei in 1974 in San Francisco, California. This was near the period of time of his resignation as chief instructor from the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. Tohei Sensei was teaching a mixture of his style of aikido techniques together with the “Ki...

This long-lost film was made in 1974 in San Francisco and Oakland, California on the occasion of Morihiro Saito’s first American seminar. He was 46 years old and in his prime and traveling abroad for the first time. Saito Sensei made a lasting impression for his technical and teaching skills and ...

This long-lost film was made in 1974 in San Francisco and Oakland, California on the occasion of Morihiro Saito’s first American seminar. He was 46 years old and in his prime and traveling abroad for the first time. Saito Sensei made a lasting impression for his technical and teaching skills and ...

Part 1 of surviving footage of a seminar conducted by Koichi Tohei in 1974 in San Francisco, California. This was near the period of time of his resignation as chief instructor from the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. Tohei Sensei was teaching a mixture of his style of aikido techniques together with the “Ki...

Stanley Pranin discusses his experience with Hikitsuchi Sensei and talks about the aikido 10th dans.

Stanley Pranin discusses his thoughts on the essence of Aiki in this short discussion segment.

Excerpts from classes held at the AikiExpo 2005. Instructors include Christian Tissier, Kenji Ushiro, Vladimir Vasiliev, Koji Yoshida, and Hiroshi Ikeda.

An instruction module from Aikido Extensions with Bruce Bookman, an Aikido Journal Academy course. This innovative take on a traditional technique highlights an elegant transition from Sumi-otoshi to Uki-gatame (knee mount control) and finally to a traditional seated nikyo pin. 

A cinematic trailer for Aikido Journal Academy's upcoming Black Belt Essentials course. Preorder now at:

http://aikidojournal.com/bbessentials

See Hirokazu Kobayashi with ukes André Cognard and Patrick Benezi in this vintage hour long video from 1981, restored from our archives. The video quality is far less than ideal, but it nevertheless serves as a valuable record of the aikido of one of the great direct disciples of Morihei Ueshiba.