The AikiPenguin

Today was the Seiichi Sugano Sensei Memorial Seminar at the New York Aikikai with Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei , Donovan Waite Sensei, and J...

As the summer heat drags on, time seems to stand still at the dojo, at least for this penguin. In some strange way, the ability to deal wi...

 OK, so I've never had the most graceful ukemi . Over the years, it's become functional, but not the smooth, noiseless variety a fe...

I'm starting an experiment with Wordpress. I've imported this blog to a new site at: http://aikipenguin.wordpress.com/ to see how it...

I've been thinking a lot about what we do in aikido and why we do it. When I first became interested in aikido, I went around to various...

Ruth Peyser has always been one of my favorite instructors at the NY Aikikai . Her classes are dynamic, fun and instructive. A pretty good c...

Well, the aches and pains are easing, if not completely gone. I still am having some trouble with my elbows, but my shoulder/back pain has a...

I've wondered before when did I get old, but it seems like the process is accelerating. I remember when I started aikido, I noticed the ...

I haven't hasn't been blogging for a while -- and that's to my detriment. Blogging helps helps to solidify the concepts learned ...

All my life, I've always been driven to be the best at whatever I took seriously. Sometimes I even made it, or pretty close, but at leas...