Author: Guillaume Erard
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Interview with Peter Goldsbury – Part 2: The History of Aikido
This is the second part of my interview with Peter Goldsbury, 7th Dan Aikikai and former chairman of the International Aikido Federation. After discussing his beginnings ... -
Kagamibiraki 2017 at the Hombu Dojo of the Aikikai
The ceremony of the Kagamibiraki took place on Sunday January 8, 2017 at the Hombu Dojo of the Aikikai of Tokyo. Like every year, the names ... -
Interview with Janet Clift, 6th Dan Aikikai
Janet Clift is a 6th Dan British Aikido instructor who runs a full time dojo Athens, Greece. She started Aikido as a child and became one ... -
Video Interview : Janet Clift in Takasaki
I have spent the last week of June in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, to participate in the organization of the 12th Congress and Seminar of the International ... -
Old Japanese Newspaper Articles about André Nocquet
As an amateur researcher on the history of Aikido, I am lucky to have direct access to some of the last great Masters, direct pupils of ... -
Halloween 2016 in Tokyo (Shibuya)
As Halloween approaches, the excitement becomes palpable everywhere in the Nippon capital, but no other place catalyzes the energy and insanity of October 31 than Shibuya, ... -
Video Interview: Micheline Tissier in Takasaki
I have spent the last week of June in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, to participate in the organization of the 12th Congress and Seminar of the International ... -
Interview with Micheline Tissier: Intensity and excellence
The 12th Congress of the International Aikido Federation was an opportunity for me to meet many teachers and practitioners. One of them was none other than ... -
Aikido Demonstrations at the 12th IAF Congress in Takasaki
On the last day of the 12th International Aikido Congres, a large demonstration took place, featuring delegations from all member countries, as well as some of ... -
History of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo
The association between Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward and the headquarters of the Aikikai world is obvious to pretty much all practitioners affiliated to the organization. Indeed, the imposing five-storey ...
