Christian Tissier - The Meaning & Goals of Aikido's Practice [Interview Part 7/7 - EN/FR/JA/ZH/KO]

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- Part 1: Leaving France for Japan in the late 60's    • Christian Tissier - Leaving France fo...  
- Part 2: A Youngster's life in Japan in the 70's    • Christian Tissier - A Youngster's lif...  
- Part 3: Aikido in Japan in the 70's & the 8th Dan    • Christian Tissier - Aikido in Japan i...  
- Part 4: Finding one's own place through Aikido    • Christian Tissier -  Finding one's ow...  
- Part 5: The Master/Student Relation, Teaching Honestly    • Christian Tissier - The Master/Studen...  
- Part 6: Aikido as a Way of Education    • Christian Tissier - Aikido as a Way o...  

-- PRESENTATION: INTERVIEW CHRISTIAN TISSIER PART 7 --
Christian Tissier is a French Aikido practitioner, one of the very few non-Japanese in History to have reached the title of 8th Dan Shihan. He started Aikido at the age of 11 and is now one of the biggest influences in the International Aikido community.
Willing to get to the roots of his art, he embarked in the trans-Siberian train at the age of 18 for a journey to Japan, and started to train at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo where he stayed 7 years, honing his skills and learning the language and culture of Japan.

Now, at the age of 67, he gives seminar all around the globe throughout the year, including Japan. It is on one of those occasions that he offered us the opportunity to sit together in the legendary Butokuden of Kyoto, to talk about his personal relation to Aikido for over an hour.

Was the practice more virile in the 60's? What makes Aikido so rich? What is Budo? And Aikido ? What is the purpose of practice?
Those are all the questions we tackle in this last part.

-- SOURCES --
Aikido Journal's archives: https://aikidojournal.com/
Aikido Initiation Sedirep: https://amzn.to/2L3FdrE
Facebook page of Christian Tissier Shihan: https://goo.gl/KCVqgg
Insurrections in Japan: https://goo.gl/ivxjSE
Kidotai (riot police) against protesters in 1967: https://goo.gl/NyV6RA
May 1968 in France: https://goo.gl/oXHgD1 (By BeenAroundAWhile CC BY-SA 3.0), https://goo.gl/g2a51v (Public Domain), & https://goo.gl/KDZrKD (Public Domain)
Tea Ceremony: (By mrhayata CC BY-SA 3.0) https://goo.gl/wHZy6D
Calligraphy: (By Ayu Nabila - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0) https://goo.gl/yPUm2s
Ikebana: (By Nullumayulife CC BY 2.0) https://goo.gl/4MmrAc
Zen in the Art of Archery: https://goo.gl/GJ72k6

-- CREDITS --
Director: Jordy Delage
Editing & Camera: Jordy Delage & Nicolas Nothum
Music: Senbazuru - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) CC 3.0
Narrator: Brian Kamei
Translation & subtitles: Naoko Mikami, Thomas Jousse, Jordy Delage, Jean-François Rauch

With special thanks to Guillaume Erard for all his work and support and the renovation team for its innovative drilling musical arrangement.

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