Iwama Ryu Aikido - Saito Sensei

Reportage TV in Iwama at the Aiki Dojo and the Aiki Shrine.
Featured: Morihiro SAITO Sensei and his son, Hitohira SAITO Sensei.

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• aikido
• saito
• iwama
• ryu
• aiki
• shirne
• dento
• aikishuren

[13orangecake]

was listening for almost a minute before i realized it was in japanese. aikido speaks for itself.

[AikiDojoFr]

@13orangecake This is really true indeed, and characteristic to Saito Sensei's classes.

[jjfocko]

un aikido maravilloso wonderfull¡¡¡¡ aikido¡¡¡¡

[AtmanxId]

@AikiDojoFr There is none Iwama Ryu Sensei over here (Brazil - Paraná). I really enjoy the Dojo where I´m practicing now, it is Aikido at all and nothing about "Ki-Aikido" or "Real Aikido" stuff... LOL! . But, in the beginning, back to 2002 we usually had weapon practice (Aiki-ken, Aiki-jo), and them something changed: so, now these trainings became rare.

[AikiDojoFr]

@AtmanxId M. SAITO Sensei belonged to Aikikai actually. He received his 8th Dan from O'Sensei (I don't know at what time he finally accepted the 9th Dan from the Aikikai - In 1986 he was still 8th Dan). If you like weapon practice, I would recommend you to try to met a teacher from Iwama Ryu.

[AtmanxId]

@AikiDojoFr Why did he went apart of Aikikai? Not just because of the weapons training, was it? I would like to train a lot more with Bokken and Jo, I think it helps to build a solid kamae (solid grounding - I don´t know the correct therm).

[AikiDojoFr]

@larbo1616 SAITO Sensei always repeated he teaches in O'Sensei's dojo, so he only had to teach O'Sensei technics, "other teachers are able to teach they own Aikido technics, I don't have too".

[larbo1616]

@AikiDojoFr Did he use that term for his style of Daito Ryu or did he see it as a distinct style?

[AikiDojoFr]

@larbo1616 SAITO Sensei used the terms "Takemusu Aikido" as his teacher used to do so. Later, he also used the terms "Iwama Ryu".