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Aikido is a defensive martial art, developed by Morieh Ueshiba, where the practitioner blends with the energy of an attack rather than clashing with the attacker. He then uses the attackers energy to throw or pin the attacker. I hold the rank of nidan (second degree black belt) in Aikido from the Aikido World Alliance.


Essay: What is Aikido?

Here is an essay I wrote for my black belt test. It describes how Aikido can be used in other ways besides physical combat.


Essay: History of Aikido

This is a brief history of Aikido. It mainly focuses on the life of Morieh Ueshiba followed by an even briefer history of Fumio Toyoda Sensei, the Aikido Association of America and the Aikido World Alliance.

Price Sensei and Me
Me(right) with my instructor, Richard Price Sensei, at Kure Beach Aikido

 Me Callie and Jake
My niece and nephew, Callie and Jake, visiting me at Kure Beach Aikido (July 2006).
 		Sensei and Me at Work
Me with Price Sensei covering a triathlon in Kure Beach. (I hated those bike team shirts)
Me as Uke
Price Sensei using me to demonstrate an Aikido technique.
 Attack
Me as uke (attacker) getting ready to attack my instructor.
 Jo Nage
Me throwing Willis with the jo (jo nage).
Nidan Test
John and I during my nidan test at Roshinkan Dojo in Spokane, Washington.

 Nidan Test
Throwing John. The testing committee (L to R) Domanski, Nakagawa and Price Sensei. Sato Sensei is hidden behind me.
 Randori, Nidan Test
A very blurry picture of the 5 attacker randori portion of my nidan test.
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