Makotokan Aikido

Articles

The following are a selection of writings by various members of the Makotokan and other respected sensei.

Sempai and Kohai - Sensei Tony Hughes
A rough guide to this important aspect of dojo etiquette.

Aikido fundamentals - Sensei Tony Hughes
What are the fundamental aspects of training in Aikido ?

Dojo Survival - Sensei Tony Hughes
General guide to etiquette in the dojo

Dojo Etiquette - Sensei EWJ Stratton
General guide to etiquette in the dojo

Food for Thought - Sensei EWJ Stratton
Extending the principles of Aiki throughout your whole life.

Osu ! - Sensei Robert Mustard
What does this word mean ??.

Thoughts on training - Sensei Robert Mustard
The fundamentals of Yoshinkan Aikido

Fudoshin and Zanshin: Psychological Elements of Budo - Brett Denison

GOING FOR A WALK IN THE WORLD: The Experience of Aikido - Ralph Pettman
The dream that makes us free
is the dream of an open heart
the dream that there might be
one world
lived together while living apart.

Bambino San - Sadaharu Oh benefits from martial arts
- Psychology Today, May-June, 1992

A Budo parable - Unknown

Riai - Sensei Tony Hughes

Inspirational sayings, of a zen/budo nature - P. T. Sudo

Yoshinkai - Beyond the "Hard Style" Label - The Mirror