CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Aug. 13, 2019) -- Yotaro Mukai has taught aikido at the Yano Fitness Center here for 21 years, and he welcomes everyone. For those who want to learn, Mukai offers classes at ...

Emphasising self-defence rather than victory, Japan's youngest martial art brings both new and veteran practitioners from across the globe to Tanabe, the town where it was born. Two men stood opposite ...

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 ...

'Aikido' is a lesser known martial art which originates from Japan. This Japanese art was founded in the late 1940's / early 50's. The Broadland Aikido club has been running in Lowestoft for some 20 ...

It's not about using force but about channeling it to get your attackers down. French Aikido masters, Jerome Marchand and Flavian, showed how to do it at a seven-day Aikido camp in the city. It's not ...

It's just after 6am and I share a sun-bathed room with 100 men and women who could slam me face first into the tatami mat-covered floor without breaking a sweat. But luckily enough, that’s the last ...

EASTERN martial arts have become very popular in the Western world. Thousands of people in the UK attend a huge range of martial arts clubs each week for fitness, self-defence, competitions and as a ...