Episode 27: Osensei's 1932 Interview, "A Leap of the Spirit - Emergence of the Superhuman."
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei reads and comments upon Christopher Li's translation of an interview Osensei did in 1932. To date, this is the earliest known interview done by Ose...
19 Feb 20192h 14min
Episode 26: What is Center and Center-Power? (Kokyu-Ryoku and Aiki)
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei answers a question from an Aikidoka in Iran: What is Center and Center-Power, and how does one develop it? Here are some videos on cultivating thes...
11 Feb 20191h 5min
Episode 25: "The History of Thought and Jiyu Waza"
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei discusses the History of Thought as it pertains to East Asian Pre-Modern epistemology and discourse, and on how this impacts our understanding and m...
4 Feb 20191h 37min
Episode 24: Osensei's "Kannagara no Jutsu"
In this episode, recorded in studio, Valadez Sensei reads and comments upon Osensei's "Kannagara no Jutsu," in English, "The Art that is in Accordance with God." This speech given by Osensei helps cl...
2 Feb 201953min
Episode 23: "The Technology of Violence in Traditional Budo Training"
In this episode, recorded on the mat, Valadez Sensei discusses with his deshi the traditional use of violence in Budo training, how it has functioned as part of the self-transformation process histori...
21 Jan 201949min
Episode 22: "Training and the Problem of Seeing"
In this episode, Valadez Sensei is asked by his deshi to comment upon the "problem of seeing," the early-on incapacity to see what one is looking at in the teacher's demonstration or his/her technique...
13 Jan 201944min
Episode 21: "Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now, and Budo"
In this episode, Valadez Sensei is asked by his deshi to comment upon the similarities and differences between Tolle's teachings and Budo. For further information, please visit www.senshincenter.com,...
6 Jan 201939min
Episode 20: "Osensei's 1962 Radio Interview"
In this episode, Valadez Sensei reads and comments upon Osensei's 1962 radio interview - available on Aikido Journal. This is an in-studio recording. For further information, please visit www.senshi...
3 Jan 20192h 17min
