WALTHER VON KRENNER has been studying martial arts and other Japanese traditions since 1957. He is a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, and was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2000. He currently teaches aikido in Kalispell, Montana, and writes for the French and German versions of Aikido Journal. DAMON APODACA is the chief instructor and founder of Santa Fe Budokan, located in New Mexico. A practitioner for over 36 years, he is ranked as 6th-degree black belt (Rokudan) by the Aikido World Federation, Hombu Dojo. The author lives in Kalispell, Montana. KEN JEREMIAH has been training in aikido for 14 years, and he has written extensively about Japanese Buddhism and other spiritual phenomena. Foreword author CARL LONG is the most senior student of Shimabukuro Hanshi, and he is the highest-ranked member of the Jikishinkai International.
