Ismail Hasan, Author at Upside down inside out

A couple of years ago I was watching a fascinating film, Into great Silence filmed…

If there was ever an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms and an often over used…

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Recollections Of My First 25 Years On The Mat: by Arthur C. Lockyear Anyone present…

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Jose Mosquera joins me for a second time to discuss Aikido as a martial art…

[ppp_non_patron_only]Travelling in South America was both a fascinating and disappointing trip. It came immediately after…

There is always this floating question about the nature of ukemi, what it is and…

Where are you? Where are the young people in Aikido? I am talking about the…

Why do we bother with them? Why does a non competitive martial art continue to…