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Christian Tissier's first seminar in Dublin
Written by Guillaume Erard   
Thursday, 01 February 2007 20:24

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After Brigthon in England where Tissier Shihan gave a seminar four months ago, it was now Dublin's turn to host a two days course with the French master. At the Dublin Aikikai Aikido, we had been preparing the event since last October and it turned uo to be the largest ever Aikido seminar to take place in Ireland! Here is an account of this fantastic weekend.

One cannot deny the importance of the event in the Aikido world as it ended up being the biggest to ever take place in Ireland since the introduction of Aikido on the Emerald Isle. Over 140 participants were present at same time on the mats and many more attended at some point during the weekend. This might sound as a normal occurrence for foreign students but for Ireland, this was a massive attendance. This clearly illustrates Mr Tissier's international reputation and also demonstrates his ability to gather large crowds of Aikidoists from different backgrounds almost anywhere he goes.

Registration started at 10 am on the first day. The first element noticeable upon entering the hall was the sheer size of the practice area with over 350 m2 of mats set up before us. Only a few participants turned up early and we started wondering if all this space was really necessary... Luckily, we had forgotten to take into consideration the legendary Irish time keeping and it was only 20 minutes prior to the start that most of the practitioners arrived. Eventually, almost everybody was on the mats on time for the bowing followed by the traditional warming up exercises.

Christian Tissier and Philippe Gouttard
Tissier Shihan kept the same technical agenda as the one he demonstrated in Brighton, except that this time, he went into much more detailed explanations, often done on a one to one basis. This was one of the main advantages to have him for a whole weekend. He kept explaining that fundamental basics were of a capital importance, regardless how advanced, fast and complicated the technique might be. His posture was perfect and his movements done with high precision; almost by the inch. All participants, regardless to their level had a lot to work on as Sensei's teaching resonated on many levels. What an exciting sight to see students slowly assimilate, as the week end enrolled, the concepts and motions shown by Christian Tissier! This was even more noticeable since most of the practitioners had never seen him apart from his instructional videos or on TV for the annual martial art demonstration Paris. It was also quite amusing to see the unbelieving faces made by the students as they witnessed the occasional fast technique accomplished by the master. It was as if they had to see him with their own eyes to really believe that this could be done.
Christian Tissier with Marc Bachraty
One of the big pluses of this week end course was that many had the opportunity to practice, even for a short instant, with Mr Tissier himself. He was at all time available and demonstrated his techniques using many different Uke from all origins and levels. All in all, this was probably what many participants actually came for; to be able to have a t hand experience with his skills. A great strength of Tissier Sensei's way of teaching was that every student was able to move according to their own capabilities without being confused. All had great fun practicing, however how advanced the technique was.

Christian Tissier with Guillaume Erard

This seminar was also the opportunity to meet and practice with many Aikido experts from Ireland and Europe including Marc Bachraty (5th dan), Luc Mathevet (5th dan), Philippe Gouttard (6th dan). It has to be said that all three have offered great help for the development of Aikido within the DAA and in Ireland, in addition to the great work they are already accomplishing throughout France and Europe. They were present that weekend in order to support the event and to share their experience with as many students as possible. After having seen them instruct seminars here in Ireland on numerous occasions, many participants took the opportunity to experience practicing with them as "students". Marc Bachraty gave us a great hand to organise this seminar and we would like to thank him very much for it.
Christian Tissier with Marc Bachraty
Many clubs from all around Ireland turned up and it was great opportunity to meet and practice with each others beyond style/school differences. It was a rich experience for all of us and the two days passed very quickly. Some continued to practice during the breaks and were occasionally rewarded by a few recommendations or comments from Tissier Shihan. Many also travelled from United Kingdom (Brigthon, London, Cambridge, Newcastle etc.) to practice with Sensei. A particular thank goes to our fellow colleagues from the FFAAA branches in the Brighton Aikikai who also came to visit us. Hopefully we will continue to keep in touch and visit each others on a regular basis!
The video of the seminar

On the Saturday everyone including Sensei turned up for a few drinks at the John Keating's pub and many returned afresh on the Sunday morning. The course ended in the same spirit as it started. After the usual family pictures with the Sensei and the putting the mats away; everybody got on their way and the course concluded as a great success. This was a wonderful opportunity to meet many Aikido students from Ireland and abroad and to know each others a little bit more. Through this kind of meetings, we can slowly start understanding each other, accept our differences and enjoy practicing together. Hopefully this will happen again in the future. We also hope that Christian Tissier Shihan will visit us again soon.

Finally, we would like to give big thanks to all of you who helped us organising the seminar and of course, many thanks also to all of those who have attended.

University College Dublin

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