“Aikido and Baseball” by Patrick Parker

A recent radio interview that I was invited to do reminded me of a great story about Japan’s most famous baseball player and the lessons he learned from Aikido founder, Morihei Ueshiba.

Right at the end of the segment, one of the guys asked Kel, “Yeah, but does aikido help you throw a baseball better?” This was a gentle jibe at Kel for his performance throwing out the first pitch last season at a local college game. I perked up because it reminded me of a great story about Japan’s most famous baseball player training with the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba.

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Posted by Aikido Journal on Oct 26th, 2008: Contributed (post a comment)