Winter Seminar with Igarashi Sensei of Japan (7th dan)

Jan 13
2009
Masa
Kokoro
Igarashi Kazuo Shihan

Igarashi Kazuo Shihan

Igarashi Sensei Seminar Last Feb, 2009

Igarashi Seminar Last Feb, 2009

Calgary Aikikai is honoured to welcome seventh dan Shihan Igarashi Sensei from Hashimoto, Japan. This annual event will be held on February 12, 13 and 14.

This seminar is open to everyone who wishes to attend. For additional information please see Calgary Aikikai or email info [at] calgaryaikikai [dot] com or phone (403) 243-9880. Billeting is available on request.

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  • Canadian Aikido History


    Takeshi Kimeda is credited with introducing Yoshinkan Aikido to Canada on his arrival in 1964 in Toronto, Ontario. Kimeda, presently ranked 7th dan, systematically built up a network of dojos in the Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor areas. This development was enhanced by the arrival of Mitsugoro Karasawa, now a 6th dan, in 1970.

  • Aikido History in Japan


    The year 1942 is often cited as the beginning of modern aikido. It was at that time that the Dai Nihon Butokukai, desiring to achieve a standardization in teaching methodology and nomenclature for modern Japanese martial arts, reached an agreement with the Kobukai representative Minoru Hirai to call the jujutsu form developed by Morihei Ueshiba aikido. Thus, AIKI BUDO joined the ranks of judo, kendo, kyudo and other modern martial arts.

  • Objective of Aikido


    The main objective of Aikido is to attain harmony of body, mind and soul to show the attacker the irrationality of his own actions. It means a way of energy unification within and with the opponent. However, like other martial arts, the objective of Aikido is not to defeat or hurt or achieve victory over the opponent. It aims at winning over oneself than on someone else.

  • Aikido Techniques


    Many of the strikes (打ち, uchi) of aikido are often said to resemble cuts from a sword or other grasped object, which may suggest origins in techniques intended for armed combat. Other techniques, which appear to explicitly be punches (tsuki), are also practiced as thrusts with a knife or sword. Kicks are generally reserved for upper-level variations; reasons cited include that falls from kicks are especially dangerous, and that kicks (high kicks in particular) were uncommon during the types of combat prevalent in feudal Japan.

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