Live stream preview
Mitsugi Saotome: 1985 Friendship Demonstration
The First Aikido Friendship Demonstration
•
9m 58s
This video features a demonstration by Mitsugi Saotome Shihan.
Mitsugi Saotome Shihan started aikido in 1954 and began training at Hombu Dojo in 1961, where he trained and taught until 1975. He moved to the USA in 1975 and founded The Aikido Schools of Ueshiba. This demonstration includes freestyle tachi-waza and weapons.
Up Next in The First Aikido Friendship Demonstration
-
Yoshio Kuroiwa: 1985 Friendship Demon...
This video features a demonstration by Kuroiwa Shihan. In this demonstration, he discusses the similarities between stick and empty-handed movements, using shihonage, ikkyo, nikyo, kotegaeshi.