Tag Archives: sadateru arikawa

aikido and magic

If you don’t believe in magic you might want to stop reading this now. I’m not talking about the Magic of an Aikido Throw. The magic I saw when I saw my teacher Asoh Sensei in his seventies effortlessly tossing … Continue reading →

karaoke, arikawa sensei and a plane crash

25 May ’12

I went to karaoke last week. I go about once a year. Kara is empty as in karate and oke is short for orche – stra. Empty orchestra. The guy who invented karaoke didn’t patent it and didn’t make any … Continue reading →