Steve,

As a young man I tried several martial arts, Karate, Tai-Kwon-Do, Jui-Jit-Su and Judo. It was when I went back to college after a stint in the service (USCG) that I took up Aikido. Translated Ai-Ki-Do means ThePath-ToPower-ThroughHarmony. I studied Aikido in the dojo for 10 years, and then like you got caught up in life and family, but I never stopped practicing the preceipts of Aikido in my everyday life. For excercise, I returned to my roots as a swimmer, but even in that I practice ThePath-ToPower-ThroughHarmony. This also is how I work in the professional world, and I have found good success following the same preceipts as I did on the mat 3 decades ago. Balance is everything! Harmony in my databases is joy! Power in my procedures gets the job done! AiKiDo-IT 😉

Brandon Forest