Nishio Sensei's senior student Koji Yoshida Shihan demonstrates aikido ken-tai-ken, ken-tai-jo techniques and iaido at the Ukrainian House in Kiev (1999).
Not wanting to speak out of turn, but I did notice a lack of hara control during the iai kata. Note every time he cuts his upper body tolls forward with it, other than that though it was a nice demo
Yoshida is 6th dan Renshi Muso Shinden-ryu, and 7th dan Nishio-ryu Iaido and he's Shoji Nishio's successor to the U.S. and several other countries. Nishio was and Yoshida is a man of impeccable skill and character, always striving to improve. I've been on the receiving end of Yoshida Sensei's technique many times. Proton1, if you were at all learned regarding the art you would lead with something better than an ad hominem remark. [I'm not going to banter any further on this].
If you want to call excellent posture and balance, powerful precise cuts and an unhurried sense of timing and zanshin "pretentious" then I'll have to agree.
Rolls~
aikikev 3 months ago
Not wanting to speak out of turn, but I did notice a lack of hara control during the iai kata. Note every time he cuts his upper body tolls forward with it, other than that though it was a nice demo
aikikev 3 months ago
all martial arts are beautiful in their sense of construction not destruction.
Though I am impressed by the fastness you need in aikido, iaido and kendo. Gorgeus.
budokalass 1 year ago
beautiful and just listen to those sword cuts.
Crifstar 1 year ago
@uchideshi8 It was an extraordinary demonstration. And, to the other individual commenting, Budo begins and ends with rei.
kendoka0girl 1 year ago
Wonderful!!
raysilverstrand 1 year ago
Yoshida is 6th dan Renshi Muso Shinden-ryu, and 7th dan Nishio-ryu Iaido and he's Shoji Nishio's successor to the U.S. and several other countries. Nishio was and Yoshida is a man of impeccable skill and character, always striving to improve. I've been on the receiving end of Yoshida Sensei's technique many times. Proton1, if you were at all learned regarding the art you would lead with something better than an ad hominem remark. [I'm not going to banter any further on this].
uchideshi8 2 years ago 2
Tell me you're kidding or tell me you don't have the experience enough to know better. One or the other.
Proton1 2 years ago
If you want to call excellent posture and balance, powerful precise cuts and an unhurried sense of timing and zanshin "pretentious" then I'll have to agree.
uchideshi8 2 years ago
Dunno about the rest of his stuff, but his iai is really pretentious.
Proton1 2 years ago