The Japanese Sword Catalog
Unique Japan, an antique sword dealer in Tokyo, has kindly allowed us to showcase their latest beautifully photographed Japanese sword catalog volume 40. Our subscribers can download this fine publication.
Unique Japan, an antique sword dealer in Tokyo, has kindly allowed us to showcase their latest beautifully photographed Japanese sword catalog volume 40. Our subscribers can download this fine publication.
In Aikido: Unleashing Peace in Combat, we show how aikido has remained true to the founder, Morihei Ueshiba’s vision for a non-violent way to end confrontation and why this may be misunderstood.
The second part of our Yiquan Paper. The interview with Master Cui Ruibin and his assistant, Gong Dong at the Beijing International Yiquan Training Centre in Tao Lin village, Changping district. See Part One for our introduction.
Yiquan can be translated as intent boxing, and is one of the least known Chinese martial arts, with concepts that are difficult to cross into Western understanding and made harder with a scarcity of good teachers.
This week marks The Empty Mind first interview, our 20th anniversary which took place in October 2003 with Moriteru Ueshiba, the grandson of O’Sensei, founder of aikido.