Honolulu, Hawaii – Oahu
Urakami Sakae (浦上荣) of Heki-ryu Kyudo shows “Tenouchi” In the article “What is Aiki?” (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) Sagawa-den Daito-ryu Aiki Budo instructor Masaru Takahashi discussed “Tenouchi” (手の内) and it’s relation to Aiki. Generally speaking, the literal meaning of Tenouchi is “the inside of the hand” (in other words, the palm of the hand) – in Kendo it can mean the … Continue reading Hakaru Mori on the Aiki of Tenouchi
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)
Chris Li translating for Mitsuteru Ueshiba Waka-senseiWaikiki Yacht Club, Honolulu Hawaii – February 2010
Mitsuteru Ueshiba (Waka-Sensei), the great-grandson of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba, made his first visit to Hawaii in February 2010.
Personally, I have been able to train under three generations of the Ueshiba family – some people at that seminar, and many of my instructors, have trained with all four, starting with O-Sensei to Kisshomaru Doshu to Moriteru Doshu to Mitsuteru Waka-Sensei.
Waka-Sensei himself is the first generation of the Ueshiba family teaching Aikido that did not have a chance to meet the Founder.
Among those practicing Aikido worldwide there are many people holding Dan ranks today who hadn’t even begun Aikido when Kisshomaru Doshu passed away.
This means that we are finally getting far enough away from the origin to see what has (and hasn’t) worked organizationally, and for the traditional ties that have bound Aikido together to this time to come to a pivotal transition point.