Aryana Libris

Authors : Saito Morihiro - Pranin Stanley A.
Title : Takemusu Aikido Volume 1 Background & basics
Year : 1994

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Introduction. In most developed countries today, even people who have no interest in the martial arts have heard of aikido. This wide dissemination of aikido has naturally led to many different interpretations of the art. As a result, those unfamiliar with its origins may not be able to recognize the martial art as it was conceived by its founder Morihei Ueshiba. Ueshiba Sensei called the art he perfected in Iwama after World War II “Takemusu Aikido,” “the inexhaustible fount of aikido techniques.” I am one of the few direct students of the founder who are still active today and I consider it my duty to correctly transmit his traditional teachings as I was taught in Iwama. Thus, it is with great pleasure that I have collaborated with Aiki News in the publication of Takemusu Aikido, Volume 1: Background and Basics. Earlier, I published a collection of technical manuals with the Minato Research Company, but unfortunately circumstances limited the series to only five volumes. With the cooperation of Aiki News, I am now publishing this volume which covers techniques, variations and applications that I was not able to present in my earlier works. This first manual, which serves as the continuation of my earlier works, contains numerous photographs to facilitate an understanding of the techniques as well as many direct quotations from my teacher aikido founder, Morihei Ueshiba, which I have culled from his teachings in Iwama. If you find an explanation difficult or are unable to understand or execute a technique, please refer carefully to the photographs. So vast is the scope of the founder’s art, it would take many volumes to present even a part of the aikido the founder taught in Iwama. Even though the task of compiling a comprehensive catalog of techniques is a daunting one, it is my sincere hope that readers will gain a clear understanding of the principles of Takemusu Aiki through this new series of books. Morihiro Saito. On my sixty-sixth birthday. March 31, 1994. ...