Robert Hiroshi Aoyagi not only taught hundreds the discipline of aikido, but life’s lessons. "He was a second father to me. He gave me so much advice," said Cary Okimoto, senior instructor at Aikido ...
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 ...