Losing Is Better than Winning
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…
Category: Essays
Discussion of issues and ideas in the world of Tomiki Aikido.
Professor Tomiki’s Radical Notion
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
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
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…