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Interview with Aikido Shihan Yoshio Kuroiwa – Part 2
Yoshio Kuroiwa (黒岩洋志雄) at the Edogawa Aikido Renmei in 2005 Yoshio Kuroiwa was born in Tokyo Japan in Showa year 7 (1932). In Showa year 21 (1946) he joined the Nippon Kento Club (日本拳闘倶楽部) founded by...
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A Leap of the Spirit – Moritaka (Morihei) Ueshiba in 1932
“Kami no Keshin” (“Embodiment of God” / 神の化身) Kanzou Miura (三浦関造) – Ryuo Library (竜王文庫), 1960 Kanzou Miura was born in Fukuoka, Japan on July 15th 1883, just five months before Aikido Founder Morihei...
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Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories, Part 1
Morihei Ueshiba’s Technical Manual “Budo” – published in 1938 1938 saw the continuation of the Japanese war in China, increased economic sanctions against Japan by the United States, and and the...
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Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories, Part 2
Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba at the Noma Dojo, around 1936 In 1938 the Prime Minister of Japan was Prince Fumimaro Konoe (近衛 文麿) – he was a patron of Morihei Ueshiba and served on the board of...
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Interview with Yoshio Sugino of Katori Shinto-ryu, 1961
Director Akira Kurosawa observes Yoshio Sugino and Toshiro Mifune on the set of “Yojimbo”, around 1961 Sometimes called “the Last Swordsman”, Yoshio Sugino (杉野嘉男 / 1904–1998) began his martial arts...
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Solo Training for Kokyu-ryoku and Ki in Daito-ryu Aiki Budo
Daito-ryu Aiki Budo 118 Techniques (大東流合気武道百十八ヶ条) by Yoshihisa Ishibashi (石橋義久) Yoshihisa Ishibashi (石橋義久) was born in Tokyo in 1938 and started training in Daito Ryu at the Daitokan dojo in 1964,...
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Tokimune Takeda – Aiki Kuden and Hiden
“Daito-ryu Aiki-Budo Shugyo-kun (“training rules”)” Posted in the Daitokan dojo of Tokimune Takeda The training rules at Tokimune Takeda’s Daitokan dojo: The Dojo is a place of the spirit, we begin...
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Yukiyoshi Sagawa’s Aiki, a true portrait of Transparent Power – Interview...
Tatsuo Kimura demonstrates Aiki-age Stretching his right hand upward, Morihei Sensei said, “Those who practice Aiki should understand the heart of faraway America.” I immediately thought to myself,...
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Yukiyoshi Sagawa’s Aiki, a true portrait of Transparent Power – Interview...
Yukiyoshi Sagawa demonstrates Aiki-age on Tatsuo Kimura while on a train in 1987 Yukiyoshi Sagawa was a contemporary of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba and a fellow student under Daito-ryu Chuku-no-so...
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Interview with Hiroshi Sagawa and 10th Gen Shihan Tatsuo Kimura – Part 1
10th Gen Shihan Tatsuo Kimura and Hiroshi Sagawa, Yukiyoshi Sagawa Sohan’s younger brother “There are those who say that Morihei Ueshiba operated on a different dimension, but since I came to Japan...
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Interview with Hiroshi Sagawa and 10th Gen Shihan Tatsuo Kimura – Part 2
Tatsuo Kimura Sensei Instructing “Sagawa Sensei entered the world of Aiki when he was 17 years old. However, his younger brother Hiroshi Sagawa, said, ‘My brother could throw anyone when he was 17...
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The Ueshiba Legacy, by Mark Murray
Kisshomaru Ueshiba – Morihei Ueshiba – Koichi Tohei What does all of this mean? It means that the common view of the spread of aikido following the war taking place under the direct tutelage of the...
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Interview with Hiroshi Sagawa and 10th Gen Shihan Tatsuo Kimura – Part 3
Tatsuo Kimura and Seigo Yamaguchi in Karuizawa, 1968 “That was how I entered the University of Tokyo and became a formal student of Seigo Yamaguchi Sensei beginning Aikido practice at Ikenoue located...
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Interview with Hiroshi Sagawa and 10th Gen Shihan Tatsuo Kimura – Part 4
Yukiyoshi Sagawa and Kimura Tatsuo on the cover of Aiki News 117 – the Yukiyoshi Sagawa memorial issue I also applied techniques to Mr. Pranin when he was collecting materials for a memorial issue on...
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Aikido and Me – Training with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba
Eiichi Kuroiwa (黒岩 暎一) teaching Aikido at the Rikuryo Aikikai (六稜合氣会) One of the articles that I have enjoyed reading the most was “Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories” (Part 1 | Part 2). Of course, the...
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Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada – Speaking of The Founder
Hiroshi Tada Sensei in 2014 Aikikai 9th Dan Hiroshi Tada (多田宏) is one of the most influential instructors to come out of the post-war Tokyo Hombu dojo. Born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan December 13th...
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Three Doka and the Aiki O-Kami
“The Secret Teachings of Budo (Poems)” – From “Budo Renshu” – 1933 The 1933 training manual “Budo Renshu” (published in English under the name “Budo Training in Aikido“) was initially given to the...
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Aikido Maki-no-Ichi – O-Sensei’s First Book on Aikido
The cover of “Aikido Maki-no-Ichi” (1954) and the first page of the technical explanations This page is identical to the first page of “Budo Renshu” (1933) The 1933 training manual “Budo Renshu”...
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Kenji Tomiki: Judo Taiso – a method of training Aiki no Jutsu through Judo...
“Secret Teachings of Budo (Poems)” – from “Budo Renshu”, 1933 also see “Three Doka and the Aiki O-Kami“ The first known book published by Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba (“Moritaka Ueshiba” at the time...
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Aikido Shihan Kenji Tomiki’s Goshinjutsu
Around 1926 – the year Kenji Tomiki started Aikido Morihei Ueshiba next to Admiral Isamu Takeshita, Center rear: the son of Gonnohyoe Yamamoto* Lt. Colonel Kiyoshi Yamamoto Kenji Tomiki standing next...
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