I’m just lurking around..
A while back I went to an aikido ’seminar’ with the dosshu Ueshiba, current head(dosshu) of the aikikai organization. This was in Ehime-ken, which is on the island of chugoku. We went went some friends that had a car, so we decided to make a weekend out of it as Matsuyama city is famous for its Dogu onnsen and foot baths(ashioo.)
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After having xmas dinner and drinks at one of my aikido sensei’s houses, we sat and watched some old aikido dvds. Some were of his past demonstrations and some were old school aikikai videos of o’sensei’s son and some old school deshis [ tohei, endo, saito.]
Anyway, the discussion came up about the different dojos and affiliations in the US and how aikido is approached at each. I realized there are basically three types of aikido being taught: atemi based (punch to create submission), no touch ( *coKIuSOCIETYgh* ) and finally kuzushi based.
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Sunday I attended a demonstation at the high school I train at. They have been working on this since I have arrived. Apparently they have won first place and a few other rankings in the all japan high school aikido demonstations. It was fun to watch. There will be pictures uploaded soon to the images gallery.
