During the past three and a half years of practising Aikido, I have learned alot in terms of the technical elements of Aikido, shed blood, sweat and occasionally tears- not all at the same time, and the tears definitely not on the mat. Have I noticed...

Hmmm...again I come to the same question I asked myself about a year ago. Do I grade or not and if so for what reason? This time, its for my brown belt- a bit of a jump from blue. Normally, I would be stuck whether I should grade or not. But this...

The most recent development in my Aikido training is learning when to quit. I say this as I currently have two injuries- both large toes in fact. What is even more annoying is that only one of these inuries is Aikido related. The first injury occured...