January 1974, Dojo-biraki at Sagawa Dojo Tetsuya Taguchi (the dojo’s longest training student) to the left of Sagawa sensei Keisetsu Yoshimaru to the right of Sagawa sensei Yoshio Ohara, front row right Masaru Takahashi, second row left You may recognize Yukiyoshi Sagawa’s student Keisetsu Yoshimaru (吉丸慶雪) in the photo above from the articles “Aiki no Rentai: The Conditioned Body of Yukiyoshi Sagawa” (Part 1 | … Continue reading What is Aiki? Introduction to a method of analyzing Aiki. (Part 3) »

January 1998, Dojo-biraki at Sagawa Dojo Yukiyoshi Sagawa’s last commemorative photo at age 95 Masaru Takahashi left, next to Yukiyoshi Sagawa – Kimura Tatsuo front, second from right An approach to Aiki through simple mechanical principles. Masaru Takahashi (高橋賢) began training with Yukiyoshi Sagawa on May 5th of Showa year 47 (1972), and continues to instruct at the Sagawa-den Daito-ryu Aiki Budo Sagamihara branch dojo … Continue reading What is Aiki? Introduction to a method of analyzing Aiki. (Part 2) »

Yukiyoshi Sagawa demonstrates Aiki-nage on Masaru Takahashi Masaru Takahashi Sensei explores a method of analyzing Aiki. Masaru Takahashi (高橋賢) is one of the senior students of the famous Daito-ryu instructor Yukiyoshi Sagawa, who was a direct student of Sokaku Takeda and one of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba’s seniors in the art of Daito-ryu. He entered Sagawa Dojo on May 5th of Showa year 47 (1972). … Continue reading What is Aiki? Introduction to a method of analyzing Aiki. (Part 1) »