When Mitsugi Saotome walked into Sarasota’s 12th Street Dojo on a warm evening in mid-May, he looked like he had walked straight out of a Japanese Western. Small in stature, he wore a wide-brimmed ...
Craig Naylor moves around the dojo with ease and intention. He walks over to a stand holding a framed black and white photo of Morihei Ueshiba. A shrine for the martial art of Aikido founder, who died ...
ASU students practicing Kokikai Aikido, a modern Japanese martial art, had the chance to train with its creator over the weekend. People traveled from as far away as Washington and New York to attend ...