When Mitsugi Saotome walked into Sarasota’s 12th Street Dojo on a warm evening in mid-May, he looked like he had walked straight out of a Japanese Western. Small in stature, he wore a wide-brimmed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 24—Craig Naylor moves around the dojo with ease and intention. He walks over to a stand holding a framed black and white ...

Morihei Ueshiba, commonly referred to as O Sensei (Great Teacher) by Aikido students, studied and taught a variety of martial arts as a young man in Japan. Profoundly affected by World War II, he ...

Craig Naylor moves around the dojo with ease and intention. He walks over to a stand holding a framed black and white photo of Morihei Ueshiba. A shrine for the martial art of Aikido founder, who died ...