Iwama Aikido
Traditional Aikido: As Taught in Iwama, Japan
The following articles written by Alexander Sensei originally appeared in Dragon Times magazine.
The following articles were written by Alexander Sensei in the last 1990s. It is unknown if they have ever been published before.
David Alexander Sensei had the rare, invaluable experience of training in Iwama in the 1970s. Not only did he get to spend 10 years training under Saito Sensei, but he got to spend those particular 10 years training with Saito Sensei while Saito Sensei was in his prime. No other foreign student had the advantage of staying in Iwama that long at that particular period of time.
Luckily, Alexander Sensei has agreed to share some of his experiences with the rest of us. This section of the website will be a forum for him to share some of the wisdom and anecdotes he took from his training in Iwama.
A set a small stories (similar to the Tales From Iwama) about Alexander Sensei's experiences in the Navy.
Danger Close is a short military novel written by David Alexander Sensei that he opted not to publish. He's made it freely availabe via Iwama-Aikido.com for anybody intersted in reading it.
An interview with Morihiro Saito Sensei conducted by Mats Alexandersson.
An elegy for Morihiro Saito Sensei by T.K. Chiba Sensei with a preface by David Alexander Sensei.