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*** Recommended reading: "Interview with Hakaru Mori of the Takumakai" by Stanley Pranin ***
The article below has been selected from the extensive archives of the Online Aikido Journal. We believe that an informed readership with knowledge of the history, techniques and philosophy of aikido is essential to the growth of the art and its adherence to the principles espoused by Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba.
We have nearly forty dojos, with a total of about six hundred members. The reason we have grown to be such a large organization is, I believe, due to our use of the seminar system, which began at the Asahi Newspaper Company for teaching groups of students. Originally, the classical martial ways were taught one-on-one, as individual lessons. I suspect that Sokaku Takeda O-Sensei taught on an individual basis as well. However, we could not teach the way it was done in places such as the Asahi Newspaper Dojo, and so we organized things into a seminar-style approach where we gathered together those who wanted to learned and taught them.
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*** "Mastery through ukemi," by Gregor Erdmann ***
"Remember that training in class is not the same as ‘on the street’ combat. The Dojo is place to perfect your technique and discover a better way to achieve all things in life. It is a place of study and research, in which you need to throw all of yourself to make progress. Taking the position of the thrower and the thrown are both essential to understanding the mechanics of aikido."
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Here is a close up view of Shoji Nishio Sensei applying a choke hold taken during the photo sessions for his new book titled Aikido: Yurusu Budo available through this website. We also have a wonderful set of instructional DVDs by Nishio Sensei that are very worthwhile for your person study.
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