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IWAMA TAKEMUSU AIKIDO - TRAILER 2024 ITALIANO:Benvenuto nel canale Youtube della Takemusu Aikido Association Italy, la prima associazione di Aikido tradizionale in Italia, fondata nel 1985 dal n...

Lest we forget... "Remembering Morihiro Saito Sensei," by Stanley Pranin
READ MORE: https://aikidojournal.com/2015/05/13/remembering-morihiro-saito-sensei/
Saito Sensei's classes were always full and he enjoyed a reputation as perhaps the finest technician teaching at the Hombu Dojo in those days. His explanations were clear and methodical in contrast to most of the other Hombu teachers that simply demonstrated a technique with little or no commentary. He was always smiling and circulating around the dojo giving a lot of personal attention to students. In addition to his superb taijutsu, Saito Sensei also spent the last part of his class teaching the aiki ken and jo, the only teacher to do so when I was there. Sensei would show the basic striking and thrusting movements of the ken and jo and then incorporate them into a series of paired kata. I thought his system of relating taijutsu and weapons was very genial and hoped to have a chance to do more of this kind of training at some future date...