Etiquette, Alignment, and Seating Arrangements
Despite being a small town in rural Japan, Iwama is a special place in the world of aikido. Not only did the founder, Ueshiba Morihei O’sensei, retire there to focus…
New Roof for the Morihiro Saito Shihan’s memorial
The works for building a traditional tiled roof for the Morihiro Saito Shihan’s memorial started on June 28th. Along with the hot summer season in Japan, the progress has been…
3 kinds of Aikido
The annual Aiki Taisai (合気神社例大祭) festival occurred on April 29, 2022in Iwama, Japan. Despite the rain, the event brought a surge of people towhat is normally a relatively quiet and…
Kagami Biraki 2022
On Sunday, January 9, 2022, the Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shurenkai (ISSAK) conducted the annual Kagami Biraki ceremony to officially welcome a new year of aikido training in the tradition…
Happy new 2022!
Happy new year! It has been a year full of challenges and learning. This last 2021 showed us that even when students and teachers can be physically apart from each…