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Year: 2017

West Coast Regional TAA Seminar Review

December 1, 2017February 24, 2020 rmayer

On October 7th and 8th the Bay Area Shodokan dojo of Berkeley, CA, hosted the first-in-a-long-time West Coast Regional TAA Seminar.  Seminars werRead More…

Some Thoughts on Improving Our KYOGI

December 1, 2017February 24, 2020 Erik DiVietro

I am not an international competitor – not yet. I should make that clear right up front. I joined the TAA in January 2016, coming from a non-competitiRead More…

The Martial Arts as a Time Capsule

December 1, 2017February 24, 2020 Alec Niccum

For six months I studied abroad and, without a local Tomiki Style dojo, I joined the Glasgow University Aikido club and studied Aikikai style. Of neceRead More…

Interview with TAA Chairman Robert Dziubla

December 1, 2017February 24, 2020 Erik DiVietro

Tomiki News (TN): Tell us about yourself. Where is your family from? What interests do you have outside of aikido? Dziubla Shihan (RD): I was born anRead More…

Vassar College Tomiki Aikido Festival

December 1, 2017February 24, 2020 Erik DiVietro

I felt like I learned so many things! One aspect that was particularly helpful was seeing different ways techniques could be executed, and the effectsRead More…

Chairman’s Corner – September 2017

September 11, 2017February 1, 2020 Robert Dziubla

Dear Friends, The WSAF2017 World Aikido Championship in London was fabulously hosted by our friends at the British Aikido Association, in a great fRead More…

Losing Is Better than Winning

September 11, 2017February 24, 2020 Robert Dziubla

I firmly believe that losing an aikido shiai (tournament match) is far better than winning. Aikido is full of paradoxes.  And they especially surfRead More…

Professor Tomiki’s Radical Notion

September 10, 2017 Erik DiVietro

Over the past month or so, I have been reflecting upon Tomiki Sensei’s work On Jujutsu and Modernization. This was one of Tomiki’s last works, comRead More…

Context In Evaluating Martial Arts

September 10, 2017 Alec Niccum

Everyone loves to talk about ‘practical martial arts’ and ‘real martial arts’ as if watching a video from their living room makes them an expeRead More…

Some Historical Background of the Inclusion of Shiai in Tomiki Aikido

June 1, 2017February 24, 2020 Erik DiVietro1 Comment on Some Historical Background of the Inclusion of Shiai in Tomiki Aikido

Prepared by Erik DiVietro for Transfer of Nidan Rank to the TAA  To view the article with proper citation, download the PDF here. In December 1Read More…

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