Ozeshin said:
labbi said:
Ozeshin said:
Nidan(2nd Dan).
I love Martial arts equally as much as music...I'm fanatical about both
Great to hear there are other budoka around this forum !
You have your own Ryu registered in Okinawa ? That is indeed a huge honor.
I love martial arts as well, doing aikido for 10 years. Not the soft style , but the more oldschool aikido from Iwama, Ibaraki prefecture.
This style is still considered Budo. Cheers mate !
Lars
So more Aikijutsu than Aikido?
Aikijutsu was the forerunner for all unarmed combat in mainland Japan in feudal times...it was the style used by the unhorsed Samurai ..along with Tanto...Aikijutsu to get the enemy to the ground and use the Tanto to pierce the armour...sorry...I'm a total Japanese martial art geek...From Aikijutsu to Zenkutsu-dachi I've studied them all.
I trained in Tomiki-ryu Aikido for a time...it's more of a sports based style like Judo as far as rule go.
Always happy to meet another Budoka
I?m not sure about the definition of aikijutsu in relation to aikido, other than the fact that some of the core principles in aikido are not found expressed as clearly in the teaching system of some of the aikijutsu styles I have watched.. We train a lot of weapon in Iwama aikido- or Takemusu aikido as it is also called. There is some very interresting aikijutsu by Don Angier Sensei / Soke. He enherited this Ryu: Yanagi Ryu from a japanese
master he met after WWII, I can?t remember his name. Maybe you allready know him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvWiYcxTm2A
Some of the elements particular for Iwama aikido is Riai- the harmony of principles. The synthesis of aiki jo, aiki ken and tai jutsu principles. In my opinion this is the only aikido style that still teaches the full curriculum the way O?sensei taught it, thanks to the effort of Morihiro Saito sensei who studied with O?sensei every day for more than 24 years in Iwama.
All the aspects of aikido is represented in this weapons system from kokyo, hanmi, kiai down tho the exact position of the feets, hips, arms and head. I spent 2 months in Iwama last year,
in the founders dojo, it was great ! Living and breathing aikido 24 hours a day.. Wax on wax off ! And they also did makiwara training in order to make the atemi work. Though I prefer to use the heel of my hand since I don?t want to mess up my fingers and knuckles.. for the sake of playing guitar
Iwama aikido put a lot on emphasis on Kihon training, as opposed to other aikido schools who tend to focus on ki no nagare from the beginning. So the result is very centered and strong practise where you learn to move from a fixed position / hold / grab.
Here is a youtube video of my senseis sensei. Morihiro Saito Shihan
He never had a flashy style, and he put a lot of emphasis on the basics.
But people being his uke allways told that he moved like a freighttrain,
and he organised the wapons curriculum as we know it today. An extremely clever aikidoka. In his younger years he did use his skills
whenever there was trouble with the local Yakuza. Put on his leather jacket and off he went to clear the bars..
I am sad I never had a chance to meet him in person, but my sensei studied with him for many years.
Sorry for the long message.. I am an aikido/ budo geek myself..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEK7fehEJ1Y&feature=related
