“It’s time for us to have a little heart-to-heart chat. I was recently asked about the significance of the appearance of regular articles on Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu in these pages. After all, we are a publication devoted to Aikido. To be perfectly honest with you, I was somewhat taken aback by the question since I had dealt with this topic in editorials in the past. My first reaction was….”
Contents

● Editorial – The Ascent of Daito-ryu by Stanley Pranin
● Yukiyoshi Sagawa Interview: Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu Master, by Aiki News Staff
● Heard in the Dojo
● Noriaki Inoue Interview (2): Shinei Taido Doshu, by Stanley Pranin
● Japanese for Aikidoka: Language Instruction
● Morihiro Saito Interview (1): Iwama Dojo Chief Instructor, by Stanley Pranin
● Morihiro Saito Technical Notebook — Spear technique, by Morihiro Saito
● Sokaku Takeda Biography (1): Daito-ryu Historical Background, by Tokimune Takeda
● An Aikido Life (5): “Aikido Basics”, by Gozo Shioda
● Morihei Ueshiba Biography (3), by Kanemoto Sunadomari
● Aiki News Book Service: Books on Aiki, Daito-ryu
● Aikido and Police Tactics (5), by John Lamont
● The Martial Arts Background of Morihei Ueshiba, by Laszlo Abel
● Letters to the Editor: Our Readers Speak Out
● Aiki News Video Collection: World’s Largest Film Library
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