Deshis at the US Aikido Federation Summer Camp 2015
(All photographs Copyright © Javier Domínguez, 2014)
Author: Javier Domínguez
Deshi Life in Pictures (Part I)
Living as a deshi of a true budo requires dedication. The rewards are immense, though. You can be a live-in deshi (uchi) or a deshi that doesn’t live in the dojo (soto) while you follow this path. Either way, the process doesn’t have to be all sacrifice. You can have fun and camaraderie, too. (All photographs Copyright … [Read more…]
Aikido at the World’s Navel
We practiced Aikido at 11,800 feet above sea level and on a concrete floor instead of a mat. That’s how we started in September 1997 in what we called the Tenchi Dojo. Our jobs took us there. I was working at the Machu Picchu Program, funded after a debt by nature swap between the Governments … [Read more…]