Morihei Ueshiba, commonly referred to as O Sensei (Great Teacher) by Aikido students, studied and taught a variety of martial arts as a young man in Japan. Profoundly affected by World War II, he ...

Of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning. —From T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets (3) Donald N. Levine was my aikido Sensei, professor, boss, mentor, and friend. He changed my life, helped ...

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 ...