Shoji Nishio: “Aikido’s Innovative Genius!”

4 downloadable videos and 1 ebook for an in-depth introduction to Shoji Nishio Sensei’s aikido!

Aikido Journal is offering the “Nishio Aikido Study Course” by Shoji Nishio, 8th dan, that covers the essentials of Nishio Sensei’s elaborate system. A total of 4 downloadable videos are included in the package and cover the following subjects: Gyakuhanmi Katatedori, Aihanmi Katatedori, Shomenuchi (1), Shomenuchi (2), Yokomenuchi, Ryotedori and Sodedori, Katadori Menuchi, and Aikido Toho Iai. Altogether, the course includes six hours of expert video instruction by Nishio Sensei. The offer also features the authoritataive 208-page ebook “Shoji Nishio: Aikido – Yurusu Budo (The Forgiving Martial Art)” as a PDF download.

Nishio Sensei’s technical legacy is totally unique. He mastered the basics of several of the modern weapons systems from which he drew many elements in addition to his prior experience in judo and karate. What emerged as Nishio Aikido is an amalgamation of elements drawn from judo, karate, iaido, and jojutsu built on the aikido technical framework and philosophy. To supplement his martially-oriented taijutsu or empty-handed techniques, Nishio also developed an elaborate series of sword, staff, and iaido variations.

Readers will be able to access their downloadable products within minutes of purchase. No more paying for shipping, no more customs charges, or lost packages, no more waiting! This special offer is available for the special price of $39.95 through Saturday, May 18.

Koichi Tohei: Aikikai Hombu Dojo – 1962, hi-res video

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This film is a compilation of footage featuring the famous Koichi Tohei, then chief instructor of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. This is some of the best surviving footage of Koichi Tohei, especially considering its early date of 1962. Tohei Sensei conducts an aikido class performing a number of “ki” exercises as well as demonstrating free-style and multiple-attack defenses. Also appearing are Seiichi Sugano, Mitsunari Kanai, Nobuyoshi Tamura, Mitsugi Saotome, and American aikido pioneer Terry Dobson. This is Koichi Tohei at his best!

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“Aikido’s first 10th dan puts on spendid demonstration featuring Terry Dobson!”

This rare film was shot by an American film-making team at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo, Japan in 1962. The planned documentary on aikido was never completed, and the 16mm footage remained in storage until its discovery by Stanley Pranin in California in 1985.

Tohei Sensei was one of the most influential figures in the international dissemination of aikido and later went on to establish a separate aikido organization with an emphasis on ki. He authored many books on aikido in Japanese and English in the 1960s and 70s. Technically and philosophically, his theories, curriculum, and pedagogy were central to the early development of aikido.

Koichi Tohei was born in 1920 and began his study of Aiki Budo in 1940. After World War II, he resumed is training in the art then called “aikido.” By 1952, Tohei had been awarded the 8th dan. For the next 10 years, he alternated between the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo and teaching in Hawaii, where he had established a successful aikido network. Tohei was the chief instructor of the Hombu Dojo for many years until his resignation from the Aikikai in 1974. He created his own independent organization the Ki no Kenkyukai and referred to his art as Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido, that is, aikido with mind and body coordinated. He taught actively until his final years and passed away in 2011 at the age of 91.