Author: Erik DiVietro
May at the Modokan 2019
MARCH 22-24, 2019Erik Townsend opened the UNC Aikido Club venue up to practitioners from around the area, including the Raleigh and Durham clubs. InsRead More…
Just Take the Fall
Submitted for Shodan Examination, July 2018 As everyone who practices aikido knows, it quite literally has its ups and downs, and ups and downs. In TRead More…
Vassar Aikido Festival
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Professor Tomiki and kenkyuu (research)
Recently Bob Dziubla Sensei gave me the opportunity to digitize his personal copy of an out of print book Professor Tomiki wrote in 1956. The work isRead More…
US Nationals, July 26-29, 2018
Mesa College in San Diego, California, played host to the TAA US Nationals this past July. With about forty-five players assembled from across the cRead More…
Aikido Is More than a Game
A budo is a way of life, a way of thinking. Aikido is more than just the competitions and the accomplishments. The game has its place; but aikido can Read More…
Some Thoughts on Improving Our KYOGI
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…
Interview with TAA Chairman Robert Dziubla
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
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…