Mitsunari Kanai Shihan

[ravisdb]

kanai's aikido is very powerful everyone in aikido should train very hard, when o, sensei trained all his diciples he told them to train full power.

[IThrowPeople]

His Aikido style was beautiful.

[joeymansonaikikai]

He will be remembered.

THere are a lot of videos of him and his followers, but There should be more.

[joeymansonaikikai]

excellent video. More videos would be nice. Of his students too.

[joeymansonaikikai]

He will be remembered.

More videos of him are available on the web, and so are those of his followers.

[molsen222]

I remember Kanai Sensei as a demanding, but kind teacher with a good sense of humor.

I moved to NY in 1989, but I still have a lot of very fond memories of that school.

[molsen222]

I practiced at NE Aikido with Kanai Sensei in the late 1980's for about a year. He was a great teacher - as is David, Barbara, and many of the others there.

I remember Kanai Sensei as a demanding, but kind teacher with a good sense of humor.

I moved to NY in 1989, but I still have a lot of very fond memories of that school.

[rollingbrick]

Was @ seminar of Yamada-Sensei & Kanai-Sensei. In last hour, was doing iriminage w/Claude Bethiaume. If u don't know, he was Kanai-Sensei's closest disciple. Like grabbing the Tilt-A-Whirl @ carnival!!! Attack and pray u hit mat very soon. Sensei came & told Claude get ready 2 go. As Cluade headed 4 changing room, Sensei leaned 2 me & said, "I save your life?"

[sarosh92]

Awesome! :)

[rollingbrick]

Kanai-Sensei is missed by all who knew him. He was as gentle as his Aikido was powerful. The 2 were in perfect balance. He was always so nice to me. If I feel such a sense of loss, I can't imagine how difficult his loss must be for his closest students, like David Halprin, Bob Zimmermann, Claude Berthiaume and many others.

[watro1]

I have watched this video many times and I'm am still in awe.

[godanp]

I was a student an New England Aikikai. Japanese are very paramilitary. I had several instructors, but never having tested for a dan or kyu rank, Kanai never said two words to me. I loved that school.

[RavnoUK]

KANAI sensei.. rocks!!.. David halprin Rocks too! :D

[jgirl63]

Thank You for the video.His teachings live on and are still much appreciated and practiced

[chebacco]

Kanai Sensei was the youngest of Ueshiba's in house students. I believe that he was a judo nidan before Aikido, and he also was an iaido master. This is the real deal. Do you have any more?

[13samurai2]

Check also Yeshua-do Christian Martial Arts; the one of his former students presents 3 video-clips.

[romankrem]

wow!

[pjriego]

excellent video. It's a shame that i couldn't met him in person when he was alive

[Titansweet]

Truely masterful!!

[x8724]

A true master. Period.