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Aikido Journal, and its predecessor Aiki News, were published continuously from 1974-2000. During that time, 119 issues, and more than 4,000 pages were produced. Every issue, every page, has been preserved on our back issue DVD. However, we have a great number of loyal readers who have blessed us with their support over the years. Some of these customers already have this back issue DVD and many of the products we offer.
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The article below has been selected from the 
“I suppose my very first encounter with the concept of vital points must have been around the late sixties early seventies where the new TV show Star trek was aired on the BBC and watching this Vulcan guy Spock for the first time gripping the side of an assortment of alien necks, causing them to collapse in a heap was truly fascinating captain. Many years later the likes of George Dillman and others gave their take on the phenomenon known as the one touch knock-out, all based around these so called pressure points..”
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“In Shinshin Toitsu Aikido training, ‘teaching’ is not merely transferring knowledge and showing techniques, but is communicating so that the students become able to do it. The instructor may believe that he has taught enough, but it does not mean actual teaching unless the students become able to do it as a result.
Hello, book buffs! As you have probably already noticed if you receive the daily AJ newsletter, I’ve recently been doing quite a bit of updating to the Online Aikido Bibliography here on the AJ website. Most of it has been minor tweaks to information, or the additional notations of newfound editions of existing listings, re-publications, etc. There are also a few new listings for recent new titles, with a couple more just about to hit the stands.
The interview below with Hiroshi Ikeda Sensei from 1995 has been selected from the 
“If you are going to incorporate scenario training into your repertoire (Train as Romans do) there are a couple things to consider.
Stanley Pranin took a lot of heat when this editorial was published back in 1997. What is your take on this subject?
“There is a guy I used to be on the Sheriff’s Office Mountain Rescue team with who we affectionately call ‘Captain Planet’, but his real nickname should be either ‘Trouble Magnet’ or ‘Trauma Magnet’. 
“My dictionary defines ‘intelligence’ as follows: ’1. Capacity for understanding and for other forms of adaptive behavior; aptitude for grasping truths, facts, meanings; 2. Good mental capacity; 3. The faculty of understanding; 6. The gathering or distribution of information, especially secret information; 7. A staff of persons engaged in obtaining such information’.