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Ueshiba-ha Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu [Spanish Version]

Morihei Ueshiba in Ayabe, 1922

Morihei Ueshiba en Ayabe, 1922 frente a un cartel que indica “Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu” This is the Spanish translation of the article in English “Ueshiba-ha Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu” , provided courtesy of Héctor Muñoz Garcia. En 1922 Sokaku Takeda se trasladó a las instalaciones de Omoto en Ayabe a vivir con Morihei Ueshiba y proporcionarle entrenamiento y formación intensiva durante cinco meses. Ueshiba conoció a Takeda por … Continue reading Ueshiba-ha Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu [Spanish Version] »

Ueshiba-ha Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu

Morihei Ueshiba in Ayabe, 1922

Morihei Ueshiba in Ayabe, 1922 in front of a placard reading “Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu” In 1922 Sokaku Takeda moved to the Omoto compound in Ayabe to live with Morihei Ueshiba and give him intensive instruction for five months. Ueshiba first met Takeda in 1915 at the Hisada Inn in Engaru, Hokkaido, and trained intensively with him for a number of years before moving to Ayabe. Sokaku … Continue reading Ueshiba-ha Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu »

Kiichi Hogen en het Geheim van Aikido [Dutch Version]

Sawamura Sojûrô V als Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)uit het toneelstuk Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一 法眼 三略巻)
*This is a Dutch translation of the article "Kiichi Hogen and the Secret of Aikido – Tales from Heike Monogatari", courtesy of Ernesto Lemke of Seikokan Aikido.
Er is een interessant citaat te vinden op pagina 40 uit ‘Profielen van de Grondlegger’ (開祖の横顔), een verzameling interviews met leerlingen van de Grondlegger van Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, gepubliceerd in Japan in 2009 (vooralsnog alleen verkrijgbaar in het Japans voor zover ik weet).
Hetzelfde citaat doemt op ontelbare plaatsen op maar het sprong echt van de bladzijde af de eerste keer dat ik het las. Het citaat komt voor in het interview met Morito Suganuma die een uchi-deshi werd van de Grondlegger in 1967, kort voor diens overlijden in 1969. Suganuma kwam naar Hawaii en bezocht Aikido van Hilo in september 2011.
Ik hoorde het citaat voor het eerst van Seishiro Endo enkele jaren geleden maar zoals ik al zei komt het op ontelbare plaatsen voor. Morihei Ueshiba zei dat dit citaat een van de geheimen ( (極意 / Gokui) was van Aikido. De onderstaande tekst is die zoals Suganuma die citeert:

Yukiyoshi Sagawa on Bujutsu and Ki-Ryoku, Part 2

Keisetsu Yoshimaru demonstrating Aiki-age
Keisetsu Yoshimaru (吉丸慶雪) trained under Yukiyoshi Sagawa from 1961 to 1976. Yukiyoshi Sagawa began training in Daito-ryu with his father, a student and Kyoju Dairi (licenced "Assistant Instructor" – the same license that Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba received) of Sokaku Takeda.  Sokaku Takeda actually lived with the Sagawa family for some time, and Sagawa started training with him around 1914, about a year before Morihei Ueshiba met Takeda at the Hisada Inn in Hokkaido and became his student. He was once considered to be the successor to Sokaku Takeda.Interestingly, there was once an agreement for Sagawa to become an instructor at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo around 1956, but he took exception to some remarks about Sokaku Takeda made by Morihei Ueshiba in an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun around that time and changed his mind.After Yoshimaru left Sagawa Dojo he also trained under Kinbei Sato (佐藤金兵衛), who had trained in Daito-ryu under Kakuyoshi Yamamoto (山本角義), another direct student of Sokaku Takeda.Although Keisetsu Yoshimaru remains a somewhat controversial figure in Daito-ryu, he has published a number of interesting books with quotes from Yukiyoshi Sagawa, most of which have never been translated into English before.This is the second part of a two part translation of the "Bujutsu and Ki-Ryoku" chapter of "Aikido no Ogi" (合氣道の奥義 / "The Secrets of Aikido"), which consists mainly of quotes from Yukiyoshi Sagawa, many of which recount Sagawa’s memories of Sokaku Takeda. You may wish to start with part 1 before you read this section.You may also wish to read another two part translation from "Aikido no Ogi" which contains quotes from Yukiyoshi Sagawa relevant to building the "Aiki no Rentai" (合気之錬体 / "The Conditioned Body of Aiki"): Part 1  | Part 2

Yukiyoshi Sagawa on Bujutsu and Ki-Ryoku, Part 1

Daito-ryu scrolls given to Kinbei Sato by Kakuyoshi Yamamoto
Keisetsu Yoshimaru (吉丸慶雪) trained under Yukiyoshi Sagawa from 1961 to 1976. Yukiyoshi Sagawa started training with Sokaku Takeda around 1914, about a year before Morihei Ueshiba met Takeda at the Hisada Inn in Hokkaido. He was once considered to be the successor to Takeda Sokaku.After Yoshimaru left Sagawa Dojo he also trained under Kinbei Sato (佐藤金兵衛), who had trained in Daito-ryu under Kakuyoshi Yamamoto (山本角義), another direct student of Sokaku Takeda.Although Keisetsu Yoshimaru remains a somewhat controversial figure in Daito-ryu, he has published a number of interesting books with quotes from Yukiyoshi Sagawa, most of which have never been translated into English before.This is the first part of a two part translation of the "Bujutsu and Ki-Ryoku" chapter of "Aikido no Ogi" (合氣道の奥義 / "The Secrets of Aikido"), which consists mainly of quotes from Yukiyoshi Sagawa, many of which recount Sagawa’s memories of Sokaku Takeda.You may also wish to read another two part translation from "Aikido no Ogi" which contains quotes from Yukiyoshi Sagawa relevant to building the "Aiki no Rentai" (合気之錬体 / "The Conditioned Body of Aiki"): Part1  | Part 2)