Hiroshi ISOYAMA - Aikido Interview (1/3)

First part of an Aikido documentary and interview with Isoyama Hiroshi Shihan, 8th Dan Aikikai. Isoyama Shihan is one of the last direct students of O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba. He spent 20 years training under him in the Iwama (Ibaraki) Dojo. Isoyama Shihan was also a major influence on American action star Steven Seagal.

Video produced in collaboration with the International Aikido Federation, under the guidance of the Aikikai Foundation.

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0:00 - Start
0:48 - You started Aikido a
2:33 - Guillaume started in the group of Andre Nocquet. Did Nocquet visit the Iwama dojo often when he was in Japan?
3:30 - When you started, the techniques were called “kajo” instead of "kyo", did they bear more resemblance with that of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu?
4:56 - Why were the names changed from "kajo" to "kyo"?
5:41 - The 5 principles of Aikido are organized in a very similar way to that of Daito-ryu. Do you know why?
6:33 - If the techniques called ikkyo to gokyo are also principles, does it imply that others such as kote gaeshi, hijikime osae, shiho nage, aren't?
7:25 - It seems that the name "Aikido" was chosen by a committee wasn't it?
9:21 - How was Ueshiba Sensei's art called before that?
11:25 - What was Kisshomaru Sensei's part in all those changes?
12:56 - What is the place of the Ibaraki Dojo in today's Aikido?

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