Artist: Michael Aloia
Medium: Pencil/Adobe Photoshop/Water Washed Ink
Created: 2002

This image was created in 2002 using a variety of methods. It began as a pencil drawing on paper. Once the desired image was achieved on paper it was then digitally enhanced using a water-washed ink process to create a free flowing effect.

Katatetori, one of the most general of aikido studies in static energy, is possibly one of the most feasible approaches. From stillness comes movement. We are not confined in movement because someone has us by the wrist but rather are implored by the countless possibilities of what movement has to offer us.

"Katatetori" is available printed on plain heavy stock and is 11" wide by 14" tall, signed and numbered by the artist, Michael Aloia.