Day 8. Sugano Sensei on Ukemi

(Originally published at Alive Ukemi/Dead Ukemi)

Day 28. Sensei’s Death: Hospital

Even after the emotion of the meeting and my committing to stay longer, I was unsure of how much I…

Day 29. Sensei’s Death: “You must release your energy.”

During those days Sensei rarely spoke. When he…

Day 27. Sugano Sensei’s Death- Uchideshi

My connection with Sensei was a strange one. I had been a student in Chiba Sensei’s…

Day 30. Kitsuni. Fox

This is the final part of the story of how Heaven and Earth Aikido dojo was started. When I returned from Afghanistan I…

Day 10. Sugano Sensei on Prayer, Meditation and Technique

Day 26. Sensei’s Death- Afghanistan

The final part of the remembrance of Sugano Sensei is his passing…

Day 12 Sugano Sensei Remembrance: “…moment of contact get killed.”

Day 6 Sugano Sensei Remembrance: “Tsuki is proper use of sword.”

Day 9. “If Aikido is about love, one must be loving- in actions and not words.”