Aikido Articles and Interviews
by Mark Binder and other students and friends of Way of Harmony

In addition to being a professional Aikido instructor, Mark Binder is a professional writer. Below are links to some of the Aikido essays he has written... (click here to return to Way of Harmony Home)

• How can Aikido be a positive force in these troubled times?
• Keynote Storytelling Program "The Art of Peace" or "Tales of Peace"
• Passing of a Teacher - Fumio Toyoda 7/4/2001
• Aikido and Nonresistance by Rev. T. Michael Rock. 11/00
• What the Heck is Aikido - by Mark Binder from the Whole Foods Web Site Magazine - 8/99
• Aikido - A Martial Art for Peace - by Mark Binder from Aikido Journal - 1977
• Getting Centered - Excerpted from "The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer" by Patsy Rodenburg
• Tests
  • On Failure
    by Mark Binder. In August of 1998 I took my Sandan (third degree black belt) test, and failed. This is how it felt.This is how it looked &emdash; Images from the Sandan Randori
  • Passing the Sandan Test!
    by Mark Binder. January 1999
    • Testing for Aikido Rank by Greg O'Connor - (Aikido Online Magazine) Here is an essay I wish I'd read before testing the first time.
• Aikido Philosophy
  by Mark Binder. Written as part of my Sandan test requirements this article expressed my Aikido philosophy as of August, 1998
• Flying Falling, Rolling and Throwing (Part One) - From Spirit of Change Magazine
  by Mark Binder. A visit to Chicago to attend the 1998 annual Instructor's Seminar
• Flying, Falling, Rolling and Throwing (Part Two)
• Morihiro Saito, 9th Dan - a brief interview
• Lou Perriello: a pioneer of U.S. East Coast aikido - from Aikido Journal
• Interview With Fumio Toyoda- from Aikido Journal
  (6th Dan, head of Aikido Association of America)
• On Changing Dojos (1996)
• Koshinage - Thoughts on the hip throw
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)