Aikido Journal

[...] of Aiki News #67 – May 1985 * Editorial – “Why We Do What We Do,” by Stanley Pranin * Interview with Nobuyoshi Tamura (2), by Stanley Pranin * History of Daito-ryu, by Tokimune [...]

[...] Contents ● Editorial – Blueprint for the standardization of aikido testing, by Stanley Pranin ● Shoji Nishio Interview, by Stanley Pranin ● Morihiro Saito Technical Notebook — Tsuki [...]

[...] Highlights of a seminar conducted by Stanley Pranin in Belgium. Other featured instructors were Paolo Corallin Shihan and Daniel Toutain Sensei. [...]

“I began studying aikido because I saw that Ueshiba Sensei had truly mastered the art of relaxing. It was because he was relaxed, in fact, that [...]

[...] This is an excellent video of famous Japanese swordsman Junichi Haga who once challenged Morihei Ueshiba to a match. His iaido skills are of the highest level. Junichi Haga was a physically powerful [...]

[...] During the Kobukan period, Morihei Ueshiba rubbed shoulders with the elite of Japanese society associating with luminaries from military, [...]

[...] The story of the association between Morihei Ueshiba and Sokaku Takeda as retold by Kisshomaru Ueshiba in various of his publications is seriously [...]

[...] that a common hand placement used is ineffective and suggests using the teachings of Morihei Ueshiba and Morihiro Saito as models. Finally, a comparison of some differences in the [...]

[...] In this video taken from “Morihiro Saito: Lost Seminars, Volume 7,” Saito Sensei explains in detail the fine points of Aikido& [...]

[...] In this video clip, Morihiro Saito, 9th dan, explains and demonstrates important principles of Aikido’s koshinage (hip [...]

[...] In this video taken from “Morihiro Saito: Lost Seminars, Volume 4,” Saito Sensei explains in detail the fine points of Aikido& [...]

[...] For most of his first 25 years of involvement in aikido, Morihiro Saito was almost unknown outside of Japan. All of that changed beginning in the early 1970s when he [...]

[...] Anyone attending a seminar conducted by Morihiro Saito Sensei during his active years will have noted him frequently referring to a small illustrated manual. [...]

[...] from the personal collection of Morihiro Saito taken c. 1955. Morihei is aged 71 years and Saito Sensei is about 27 years old. Also of note is the fact Morihei is demonstrating with the bokken with [...]

[...] It is interesting to note that Saito Sensei would often provide more detailed technical sequences and unusual techniques during these [...]

[...] This video clip provides a glimpse of the teaching methodology of Morihiro Saito Sensei, 9th dan, one of the most important of the postwar generation of aikido teachers. In all of [...]

[...] In this video, Morihiro Saito Sensei explains tai no henko and morotedori kokyuho. Saito Sensei also talks about his training [...]

[...] look at Morihiro Saito Sensei’s approach to an analysis of O-Sensei’s old training manual… Click here [...]

[...] 1978 Editorial – “Attack Perception,” by Stanley Pranin Interview with Morihiro Saito Sensei (1), by Stanley Pranin Morihiro Saito Technical Notebook (1) — Katadori Dai-ikkyo [...]

[...] This video clip provides a glimpse of the teaching methodology of Morihiro Saito Sensei, 9th dan, one of the most important of the postwar generation of aikido teachers. In all [...]

[...] 27, 1985 in Sendai, I attended a lecture on the history of aikido given by Second Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba. During his talk Kisshomaru Sensei made the following remark: “The Founder only [...]

[...] the art’s scope. The curriculum followed in these schools is largely based on Kisshomaru Ueshiba’s many technical books issued over a 40-year period. Most were published by [...]

[...] than Morihei Ueshiba, aikido pioneers in the postwar era such as Kenji Tomiki, Gozo Shioda, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Koichi Tohei, Morihiro Saito, Seigo Yamaguchi, Michio Hikitsuchi and others are the key [...]

[...] in this manner during the Iwama era following the war. It was the Aikikai — headed by Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Koichi Tohei — that altered the practice of this core basic technique. In [...]

[...] The Founder Morihei Ueshiba assumes a hanmi stance from 1938 “Budo” manual “Gain an advantage by [...]

[...] the origin and execution of Aikido’s iriminage technique as conceived by Founder Morihei Ueshiba. He explains how this essential technique has its origins in prewar Japan and was [...]

[...] I began collecting films of the Founder Morihei Ueshiba at a young age, probably about 18 or 19, when my first teacher Isao Takahashi lent me a [...]

[...] famous example was the publication of four versions of a single photo from 1922 in which Founder Morihei Ueshiba appears with a “chameleon” placard in the background. Each version of the [...]

[...] A rare 8mm film of scenes of a seminar taught by the late Nobuyoshi Tamura Sensei in April 1976. At this point, Tamura Sensei had already been in France for 12 years. His style [...]

[...] An extraordinary video of the late Nobuyoshi Tamura Sensei, 8th dan, explaining and demonstrating a very high level technique of a sophistication seldom [...]

[...] I had never heard the name Kobayashi. Eighth dan was a very high rank at the time. Tamura Sensei and Noro Sensei were not 8th dan; they were 6th dan. And we were constantly being told Tamura [...]

[...] Aikido: Promotion Tests Film Advert – An extraordinary video of the late Nobuyoshi Tamura Sensei, 8th dan, explaining and demonstrating a very high level technique of a sophistication seldom [...]

[...] I was faced with the challenge of presenting an overview of the leading students of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba. This task was particularly difficult because the Founder had a teaching career [...]

[...] 1980s in Germany. Kobayashi Sensei began aikido training in the early 1950s in Osaka. Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba would frequently visit his Osaka Dojo. Kobayashi also spent some time studying in [...]

[...] In this video, Michio Hikitsuchi Sensei, recipient of a 10th dan from Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba, demonstrates Katatedori Kokyunage and Morotedori Kokyunage. Michio Hikitsuchi (1923- [...]

[...] have been introduced in aikido, the most prominent example being Tomiki Aikido. Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba was strongly against this attempt to convert aikido into a sport. He came to have [...]

[...] ; Prewar Era” that contains 20 interviews with most of the important students of Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei from the period when aikido was gradually separating from Sokaku Takeda’s Daito- [...]

[...] Each year since the passing of Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei on April 26, 1969, the Aikikai Hombu Dojo has held a ceremony in commemoration of the [...]

Here are three rare photos from the personal collection of Morihiro Saito taken c. 1955. Morihei is aged 71 years and Saito Sensei is about 27 years o [...]