Interview with Aikido instructor Lia Suzuki Sensei, long-time student of Takeda Shihan (2004?)

In this interview, Lia Suzuki Sensei (National Director of Aikido Kenkyukai, USA) addresses the questions: "What is Aikido?", "What does 'Kenkyukai' mean and what does it signify?", and "What kind of people do Aikido?"

Produced and directed by Miro Tinka

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[Tengurengu]

When was this video taken?

[AikidoKenkyukaiSB]

@Tengurengu Hi! this was taken in 2004

[xxxJimiGxxx]

It's really insightful to hear someone of such experience telling their story and expressing their thoughts in this straightforward manner.

[AikidoKenkyukaiSB]

@xxxJimiGxxx: So glad you enjoyed the video...

[BuddhaNoMind]

A good overview of Aikido and a very noble Martial Art.....

[braaatty]

looking great on the video sensie

[silviaikidoka]

OMG OMG this Sensei is amazing!! I will do some further research about her on the web! <3<3<3

[diver0129]

My wife wants to take Aikido with our new baby boy when he gets old enough. I wouldn't mind to take it as well if I can make the time for it (I work nights). This was a very informative video. I'll be sending it to my wife. :)

[rainimunti]

lia suzuki say the word that something in my mind, nice.

where is the ..to be continue.. cant find next video here

[kev0475]

This is a great video. Makes me really miss training. I've had a few opportunities to attend seminars with Takeda sensei and have found it to be very special. He is simply amazing. If you ever happen to take ukemi from him, you not only learn a lot about technique and practice, but you'll also learn a lot about yourself!

[DeathlyHalcyon]

In anycase, I might be going too far with this to try and show our very aiki similarites but in all due respect. You taught me the core meaning of Aikido and so I returned the favor and hopefully we both shall develop, grow and become more wholesome in our humanity and our inner self-worth. Thank you for teaching these people that agression is not always a good thing, but it's not at all that bad when done passively. :)

Thank you, Sensei.

-Sir Mish

[DeathlyHalcyon]

- you, the opponent's target. We also learn to rotate our joints to meld perfectly into our opponent's structure and learn how to treat strikes not as attacks but limbs merely moving closer at a faster tempo, We paradigm shift alot in Systema to understand things at open perspectives. We do have a third distance - The Distance of the Soul- the distance of skin on skin...Wrestling aspects, throws and such are taught here but in Systema, we do not create any stances...We simply move. -

[DeathlyHalcyon]

-Distance of the Mind or psyche...how to nullify tension in the mind of both you and your partner in the engagement to kill the intention at it's initial source, Then we move into Distance of the Body - Or foot and hand, where physical movements at very reachable distances occur in terms of strikes, we learn to embrace and accept the flow of movement or learn to induce our flow into the strike's path and learn how one centimeter of interference in the path makes the strike widen in arc away from

[DeathlyHalcyon]

- Systema is about Mind, Body and Soul to be respected as one entity even though they are 3 aspects of humanity. We teach breath-work before before any physical movements and teach our students on how to rotate internally in the form of joints and energy so create a subtle flow inside us similar to Aikido's external flow in their usual tenkan steps. We teach 3 different distances to engagement that is always there in any situation: mind, body and soul. They are the First Distance-