Monthly Archives: October 2013

Interview with Aikido Shihan Nobuyuki Watanabe, Part 2

Nobuyuki Watanabe Sensei

 Nobuyuki Watanabe sensei (渡辺信之) at Aikikai Hombu Dojo Nobuyuki Watanabe is a senior instructor at Aikikai Hombu Dojo and a Japanese bonesetter (接骨 / Sekkotsu – a form of joint manipulation similar to chiropractics). He was instrumental in making Isogai Dynamic Therapy (a chiropractic method of treatment to compensate for functional leg length differences) known in Germany, where he frequently travels to instruct in Aikido. … Continue reading Interview with Aikido Shihan Nobuyuki Watanabe, Part 2 »

Interview with Aikido Shihan Nobuyuki Watanabe, Part 1

Nobuyuki Watanabe

 Nobuyuki Watanabe sensei at the 42nd annual All Japan Aikido Demonstration Nobuyuki Watanabe was born in Miyazaki Prefecture on July 25th, in Showa year 5 (1930). He began Aikido in 1952, at the age of 22, and is a senior instructor at Aikikai Hombu Dojo. He is famous for his controversial “no touch” Aikido demonstrations at the annual All Japan Aikido Demonstration (全日本合氣道演武大会), which some … Continue reading Interview with Aikido Shihan Nobuyuki Watanabe, Part 1 »

Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada – the Yachimata Lecture, Part 5

Tada and Ueshiba

Hiroshi Tada taking ukemi for Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei Rooftop of the Self-defense Forces Dojo in Ichigaya Hiroshi Tada (多田 宏) sensei is currently the Aikikai’s only living 9th dan – at 83 years old he has been called a “Geriatric Genius” by Aikido Journal Editor Stan Pranin. Certainly he remains active and dynamic to this day, some sixty-five years after he entered Ueshiba Dojo in 1948. … Continue reading Aikido Shihan Hiroshi Tada – the Yachimata Lecture, Part 5 »