One thought dogged me during the weeks after I resumed practicing aikido in the late '80s, at 41, following a nearly seven-year hiatus: I'm too old for this. Falling safely - and frequently - is ...

Emphasising self-defence rather than victory, Japan's youngest martial art brings both new and veteran practitioners from across the globe to Tanabe, the town where it was born. Two men stood opposite ...

Her black curly hair pulled back in a tight bun, Neilu Naini kneels, then bows deeply before a small vase of flowers and a framed picture of an elderly Japanese man. The moment of silence in the small ...

In a confused and overpopulated world, you don’t have to travel far to find a difference of opinion. There’s conflict everywhere, even at Long John Silver’s. Jack Davidson was taking in some fish and ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Aug. 13, 2019) -- Yotaro Mukai has taught aikido at the Yano Fitness Center here for 21 years, and he welcomes everyone. For those who want to learn, Mukai offers classes at ...

In the classic tradition of Japanese Martial Arts, a Maltese Aikido instructor has just returned from a six-week period as a live-in uchi-deshi of his Martial Arts master Jean Francois Riondet (VII ...

What started with just a handful of people trying to learn an ancient art turned into decades of study, and a community of people connected by their love of aikido. In observance of Asian American and ...

Malaysian martial arts icon Thamby Rajah who taught hundreds the grappling art of aikido, even into his mid-80s, has died. Malaysia’s father of aikido, passed away on Sunday at his home here. He would ...

Darwin families that want to teach their children self-discipline, self-control and respect may find the answer in martial arts – with a new family-run centre recently opening its doors. Mother Josie ...