Articles by Aaron Cass

I’ve been training for nearly 30 years in the martial arts and spent the last 15 years as the chief instructor of an aikido dojo. In my time, I’ve noticed some things about the way people tend to progress through their practice—or not. I have personally lost my way and [Read More]

Rough Night The night before my last day at the coffee shop, my coworkers and I headed out to celebrate. Soon I’d be leaving for Japan, and this would be my last hurrah. We ate and drank our way through the night, eventually ending up at the far end of [Read More]

Moving On By the time I arrived in Japan, I had quit aikido. Back in the U.S. I was training nearly every day, but in the time it had taken me to secure a job and get on a plane I was disillusioned with the art. I had been training [Read More]