The book
Aikido Journal is excited to announce a new project—the never-before-released Aikido Pioneers: Postwar Era. Authored by Stanley Pranin but never published, this expansive volume contains interviews with many of the closest postwar students of the founder of aikido. Edited from hundreds of hours of conversations conducted over a 30-year period, this book features the aikido masters that many of us have encountered directly.
The book contains in person accounts and insights from Seiseki Abe, Katsuaki Asai, T.K. Chiba, Seishiro Endo, Masatake Fujita, Shizuo Imaizumi, Kayoichi Inoue, Hiroshi Isoyama, Mitsunari Kanai, Yasuo Kobayashi, Shoji Nishio, Morihiro Saito, Mitsugi Saotome, Masando Sasaki, Kenji Shimizu, Seichi Sugano, Hiroshi Tada, Hideo Takahashi, Mariye Takahashi, Nobuyoshi Tamura, Moriteru Ueshiba, and Yoshimitsu Yamada.
About the project
Postwar Pioneers is now in final production. The Limited Edition is now sold out. We'll release a digital edition / ebook version when the physical books ship.
- Expected ship date: April, 2023
Limited Edition
- 380 page, large format (9"x12") hardbound coffee-table style book
- Limited edition: Each book is uniquely numbered
- Slip case with foil embossing
- Heavyweight paper
Dojo Edition
This package includes:
- One Limited Edition, numbered, hardbound book (blue cover) with slipcase
- One Dojo Edition, numbered, hardbound book (silver cover) with slipcase
- Dojo and Chief Instructor's name featured in a special section of all versions of the book
- Complementary e-book for all active members in your dojo
