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  • Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada – the Yachimata Lecture, Part 1

    Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada – the Yachimata Lecture, Part 1

     Hironobu YamadaHironobu Yamada of the Yachimata Aikido Association with Hiroshi Tada
    Receiving 8th Dan from Moriteru Ueshiba Doshu

    Hironobu Yamada, Shihan of the Hokuso Aikikai (北総合気会) and the Yachimata Aikido Association (八街合氣道友会) in Chiba prefecture, started training with Hiroshi Tada sensei in 1963 at his dojo in Jiyugaoka.

    Hiroshi Tada (多田 宏) was born in Tokyo on December 13, 1929. Originally a member of the Waseda University Karate Club , and a student of Shotokan Karate founder Gichin Funakoshi, he began training with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei in 1948. The events leading up to his enrollment in Ueshiba Dojo and his first encounter with O-Sensei can be found in the article “Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Day I Entered Ueshiba Dojo“.

    You may also be interested in an eight part interview with Hiroshi Tada sensei conducted by Tatsuro Uchida – “Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Budo Body”:

    1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

    This is the first part of the English translation of a lecture given by Hiroshi Tada sensei at the 15th anniversary of the Yachimata Aikido Association on September 26th 2004.

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  • An interview with Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Isoyama, Part 2

    An interview with Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Isoyama, Part 2

    大先生・岩間

    The new statue of O-Sensei in Iwama, and the bust in front of Iwama Station

    “The harmony born from the midst of the clash of forces is the real one”

    Hiroshi Isoyama sensei was born in 1937, and started training with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei in 1949, at the age of 12.

    Isoyama sensei, together with Hiroshi Tada sensei, formed a committee for the construction of a large statue of the Founder of Aikido on the precincts of the Aiki Shrine, which was unveiled on the 8th of November 2009. Surplus material from this monument was used to make a bust of the Founder which was unveiled at the newly rebuilt Iwama Station on the 24th of July 2012.

    Hiroshi Tada sensei began Aikido shortly after Isoyama sensei himself – find out how Tada sensei met Morihei Ueshiba in “Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Day I Entered Ueshiba Dojo“. There is also a very long interview with Tada sensei in Japanese that appears in a nine part English translation – here is the first part of that interview.

    What you are reading now is the second part of a two part English translation of an interview with Hiroshi Isoyama sensei that first appeared in the February 2009 issue of Gekkan Hiden (“Secret Teachings Monthly”), a well known martial arts magazine in Japan. You may want to read the first part of the interview before reading this section.  (more…)

  • Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Budo Body, Part 8

    Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Budo Body, Part 8

    Aikido Journal #101

    Hiroshi Tada Sensei on the cover of Aikido Journal #101
    See “Interview with Hiroshi Tada” by Stanley Pranin from this issue

    Ishin-denshin, the “heart-to-heart transmission”

    This is the eighth and final section of the English translation of an interview in Japanese with Hiroshi Tada. You may want to read the previous sections first:

    Part 1: explore Tada Sensei’s samurai ancestry and his encounters with Shotokan Karate Founder Gichin Funakoshi.

    Part 2: find out how Hiroshi Tada met Shin-Shin Toitsu-Do Founder Tempu Nakamura.

    Part 3: discover Tada Sensei’s thoughts on “telepathy” training.

    Part 4: read Tada Sensei’s thoughts on Japanese Budo and Kata training.

    Part 5: learn about the most influential person in the history of Japan, and their relationship to Japanese Budo.

    Part 6: find out why Hiroshi Tada’s father was told never to read books on archery.

    Part 7: discover why you should never eat watermelon after a fast.

    You may also be interested in “The Day I Entered Ueshiba Dojo“, in which Hiroshi Tada recounts his first encounter with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei.

    You may notice that the tone of the interview is quite conversational. This is the way that it appears in the original Japanese – the original was not heavily edited, with the result being that the natural conversational tone was preserved. However, this also means that the discussion is sometimes less focused then a more heavily edited interview would be.  (more…)

  • Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Budo Body, Part 7

    Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Budo Body, Part 7

    多田宏先生

    Hiroshi Tada Sensei

    Don’t eat watermelon after fasting!

    This is part 7 of the English translation of an interview in Japanese with Hiroshi Tada. You may want to read the previous sections first:

    Part 1: explore Tada Sensei’s samurai ancestry and his encounters with Shotokan Karate Founder Gichin Funakoshi.

    Part 2: find out how Hiroshi Tada met Shin-Shin Toitsu-Do Founder Tempu Nakamura.

    Part 3: discover Tada Sensei’s thoughts on “telepathy” training.

    Part 4: read Tada Sensei’s thoughts on Japanese Budo and Kata training.

    Part 5: learn about the most influential person in the history of Japan, and their relationship to Japanese Budo.

    Part 6: find out why Hiroshi Tada’s father was told never to read books on archery.

    You may also be interested in “The Day I Entered Ueshiba Dojo“, in which Hiroshi Tada recounts his first encounter with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei.

    You may notice that the tone of the interview is quite conversational. This is the way that it appears in the original Japanese – the original was not heavily edited, with the result being that the natural conversational tone was preserved. However, this also means that the discussion is sometimes less focused then a more heavily edited interview would be.  (more…)

  • Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Budo Body, Part 6

    Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada: The Budo Body, Part 6

    藤本洋二、鏡開き

    Hiroshi Tada Sensei with Moriteru Ueshiba Doshu as Yoji Fujimoto receives promotion to 8th Dan
    Aikikai Hombu Dojo, Kagami Biraki 2010
    Fujimoto moved to Italy in 1970 to assist Tada in developing Aikido in Italy

    Never read books on archery. Never criticize another persons technique.

    This is part 6 of the English translation of an interview in Japanese with Hiroshi Tada. You may want to read the previous sections first:

    Part 1: explore Tada Sensei’s samurai ancestry and his encounters with Shotokan Karate Founder Gichin Funakoshi.

    Part 2: find out how Hiroshi Tada met Shin-Shin Toitsu-Do Founder Tempu Nakamura.

    Part 3: discover Tada Sensei’s thoughts on “telepathy” training.

    Part 4: read Tada Sensei’s thoughts on Japanese Budo and Kata training.

    Part 5: learn about the most influential person in the history of Japan, and their relationship to Japanese Budo.

    You may also be interested in “The Day I Entered Ueshiba Dojo“, in which Hiroshi Tada recounts his first encounter with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei.

    You may notice that the tone of the interview is quite conversational. This is the way that it appears in the original Japanese – the original was not heavily edited, with the result being that the natural conversational tone was preserved. However, this also means that the discussion is sometimes less focused then a more heavily edited interview would be.  (more…)