One thought dogged me during the weeks after I resumed practicing aikido in the late '80s, at 41, following a nearly seven-year hiatus: I'm too old for this. Falling safely - and frequently - is ...

He slams into the practice mat for the eighty-ninth time. An integral part of Aikido training is ukemi, learning how to receive a blow and take a fall. So Jason Austad gets up for the eighty-ninth ...

An effective form of self-defense, Kokikai Aikido relies on a strong mind and correct technique not physical strength alone. As a result classes include both men and women practicing on equal footing.

When Bay Marin Aikido Sensei Hans Goto first began training Sausalito resident Simone Wedell 30 years ago, he never thought she would stick it out. “She didn’t seem like she would last,” said Goto, 65 ...