3rd Kyu Techniques & Test Requirements Part 4

Yoshimitsu Yamada, a direct student of O Sensei for more than ten years, is an 8th dan and the chief instructor at the New York Aikikai. Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of the United States Aikido Federation and the Latin America Aikido Federation. He is the author of Aikido Complete and has made multiple aikido training tapes.

Yamada Sensei is well known for his clear and strong basic technique. He teaches seminars all over the world where thousands of students attend his classes.

Quote:

"We must keep the spirit of budo no matter how we practice."

Q: You were one of the earlier uchideshi at the Aikikai. What year did you start?

A: When I joined as an uchideshi only Tamura Sensei and Arikawa Sensei were there. Yasuo Kobayashi was still in college. He came to the dojo every day. I entered when I was 17. I am 53 now, so it must have been 1955.

For more information : http://www.nyaikikai.com/yamada.asp
http://www.aikido-yamada.eu/yamada_se...


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[BrassEyes]

Grateful thanks to Yamada Shihan, his Uke (Donavan Sensei?) and AkikaiAikido for posting these videos. I only started Aikido in the last few months at a relatively advanced age. I have no previous martial arts experience and it feels very unfamiliar. But I love the ethos of Aikido (and Aikikai in particular) and the grace, subtletly and effectiveness of it when practised by masters such as in these videos is something I would aspire to.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[Serraph8]

@adwana nope, you have to past the exam for that rank as well, and in dojos which take it seriously, you prepare for about a year to be allowed to take the exam for 6th kyu...

[adwana]

To Cenot4ph,

I think in Aikido traditional there are no 10th to 7th kyu, only 6th to 1th kyu then after that you go to your first Shondan rank but of course you have to take the examination first. :)

I think when someone started to study Aikido you will be initially given a rank as 6th kyu.

Adwana

[Cenot4ph]

So how long does it generally take to get from 10 to 3th Kyu?

[DrinkingStar]

It was in Sensei Yamada's New York Aikikai back in the 1970s that I had to good fortune to be present in the seminar and to see the demonstration given by Kisshomaru Uyeshiba. I also had a chance to meet and have my photo taken with "the muggers' mugger", a short and very old man who resembled O' Sensei and who would bring to the police station people who tried to mug him.

[adwana]

My up coming test is near and i am now so excited and i can't wait no longer.

Thank you Yamada Shihan for this and speacial thanks to AikikaiAikido for posting this. :)

Regards,

Adwana

[grygishki]

what the fuck is aikidance?

this is not dance ,its amartial art

[ser8ser]

Greet aikidance!

[Aur0rah]

bad version of kitaro

[HeadmasterCid]

thank you for posting. my 3rd kyu test is comming up very soon and one of the examiners is a student of yamada.