Body techniques; refers to unarmed or empty-handed techniques.
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldTai No Henko 体の変更
Body change or shift. In aikido, refers to a blending practice performed in pairs where the person whose wrist is grabbed pivots bringing his rear leg backwards while the held hand is brought into a position parallel to...
Hiroshi Tada 多田宏
(b. 1929). 9th dan Aikikai. B. Nagasaki Prefecture. Aikikai Shihan. Graduate in law from Waseda University in 1952. Tada was a member of the karate club at Waseda University. He began training at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO...
Tachidori
Sword-taking. Refers to group of techniques for disarming a sword-wielding attacker.
History of Aikido in Switzerland
The roots of AIKIKAI HOMBU Aikido in Switzerland can be traced to a Swissair pilot named Mickey Schooning who frequently flew to Japan in the 1950s and 60s. Schooning had earlier seen Minoru MOCHIZUKI in Geneva in 1951...
History of Aikido in Sweden
Aikido was first introduced to Sweden by Gerhard Gosen who began aikido training in 1961. Gosen trained in France and invited Masamichi NORO to Sweden later in 1961. Another early practitioner was Jan Beime who...
Shin’ichi Suzuki
(b. 1917). 8th dan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido (1993). Retired police officer and aikido pioneer in Hawaii. B. Waikapu, Maui, Hawaii. Early background in judo. First taught aikido by Koichi TOHEI in 1953. Became chief...