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El grado importa – Cinturones Negros en Aikido [Spanish Version]

Yoshimitsu Yamada in Kauai, 1966

Yoshimitsu Yamada en Kauai Hawaii, 1966 *This is the Spanish translation of the article “Something’s Rank – Black Belts in Aikido“, provided courtesy of Juantxo Ruiz. ¿De qué modo pensaba Jigoro Kano? El otro día estaba leyendo una entrevista con Yoshimitsu Yamada en el sitio web de Aikido Sansuikai. Este pasaje llamó mi atención: Bueno, el sistema de clasificación en aikido es otro dolor de cabeza. Yo personalmente … Continue reading El grado importa – Cinturones Negros en Aikido [Spanish Version] »

Cuatro Generaciones de la Familia Ueshiba [Spanish Version]

Mitsuteru Ueshiba Sensei in Hawaii

Traducción de Chris Li para Mitsuteru Ueshiba Waka-sensei Waikiki Yacht Club, Honolulu Hawaii – Febrero de 2010 *This is the Spanish translation of the article “Four Generations of the Ueshiba Family“, provided courtesy of Juantxo Ruiz. Aikido y el Aikikai, ¿Hacia donde se dirigen? Mitsuteru Ueshiba (Waka-Sensei), bisnieto del fundador del Aikido Morihei Ueshiba, hizo su primera visita a Hawai en febrero de 2010. Personalmente, he podido … Continue reading Cuatro Generaciones de la Familia Ueshiba [Spanish Version] »

Aikido and Me – Training with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba

Kikon - by Morihei Ueshiba, 1967

Eiichi Kuroiwa (黒岩 暎一) teaching Aikido at the Rikuryo Aikikai (六稜合氣会) One of the articles that I have enjoyed reading the most was “Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories” (Part 1 | Part 2). Of course, the recollections of training with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba in 1942 were fascinating, but much of what I appreciated about it was that it presented the perspective of an ordinary person encountering the Founder. … Continue reading Aikido and Me – Training with Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba »

Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories, Part 2

Morihei Ueshiba at the Noma Dojo

Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba at the Noma Dojo, around 1936  In 1938 the Prime Minister of Japan was Prince Fumimaro Konoe (近衛 文麿) – he was a patron of Morihei Ueshiba and served on the board of directors for Morihei Ueshiba’s pre-war Kobukai Foundation. In 1938, when he began training with Morihei Ueshiba at the Kobukan Dojo in Tokyo, Mr. Kimura was a 19 year old … Continue reading Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories, Part 2 »

Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories, Part 1

Technical Manual Budo, Page 38

Morihei Ueshiba’s Technical Manual “Budo” – published in 1938  1938 saw the continuation of the Japanese war in China, increased economic sanctions against Japan by the United States, and and the formation of the precursor to the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” (大東亞共榮圏), the “New Order in East Asia” (東亜新秩序). It saw the passing of the National Mobilization Law (国家総動員法) in the Japanese Diet, putting the national economy … Continue reading Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories, Part 1 »