At my New Year’s seminar in Los Angeles, we delved into Yamaguchi Sensei's profound "heavy connection" principle. Drawing from the teachings of Takeda Shihan, Yamashima Sensei, and other Aikido masters, we explored how this skill can elevate your practice, whether you’re uke or nage.

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To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of launching my YouTube channel, I’m sharing my 5 most popular videos of the last 12 months.

Today’s video is number 2 on the Top 5 list. Over the next 5 weeks, I’ll be sharing all 5, one by one, finally ending with my number one most popular video of the last...

Every year I do my best to travel to Japan to train and give a demonstration when Doshu or Dojo-Cho visit our Dojo in Kamakura, Japan.

Until his passing in 1996, it was Yamaguchi Sensei who came and gave a class and demonstration at AKI's dojo at Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura, Japan for...