The Masters of Aikido

The art of Aikido

with the Founder Morihei Ueshiba

The history and tradition of aikido lies in the pure foundations of aikido.

The Originator of Aikido was none other than Morihei Ueshiba a long standing pupil of the famous Takeda Sokaku sensei The head of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu,

Ueshiba Sensei had many students just as his sensei before him, you will find a list on the net, we hope to produce one soon

On that list you will find from the first generation (1921-1935) Kenji Tomiki, Gozo Shioda, Rinjiro Shirata.

The second generation (1936-1945) Koichi Tohei, Tadashi Abe.

The Third generation (1946-1955) Morihiro Saito, Seiseki Abe

The Fourth generation (1956-1969) Kazuo Chiba, M Saotome, Terry Dobson,

Many of these great Sensei's removed themselves to begin teaching in there own form of Aikido using the foundations they were taught by the Founder himself, just as Kenji Tomiki was sent to train with Morihei Ueshiba by his sensei Jigoro Kano The great Founder of Judo, so as to learn all that he could from this man Ueshiba.

 Gozo Shioda broke away and formed the Yoshinkan Ryu (school) which today is one of the major styles of Aikido, Koichi Tohei sensei created the style of Shin shin Toitsu, putting the emphasis on understanding the concept of Ki,

Morihiro Saito sensei continued the form of aikido as he was taught by the Founder. And so on the great masters of Aikido still to this day influence us with their diversity in teaching forms and skill of techniques.

Train Hard Train Focused Train Safe.

Tony Day.

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