Author: Guillaume Erard
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Guillaume Erard on Tofugu.com
As the site seems to be becoming more and more popular (especially via the YouTube channel I think), I tend to receive more and more requests ... -
55th All Japan Aikido Demonstration (2017)
The 55th edition of the All Japan Aikido Demonstration was held on May 27th at the Nippon Budokan. This year, I was kindly allowed by the ... -
Interview with Isoyama Hiroshi: the master of Iwama
Isoyama Hiroshi Shihan is one of the very last living students of O Sensei Ueshiba Morihei. He trained with the master for over 20 years, both ... -
Video Interview: A Visit to O Sensei’s Dojo with Isoyama Shihan
Kei Izawa (Chairman of the International Aikido Federation) and I recently traveled from Tokyo to the Ibaraki prefecture in order to conduct an interview of Isoyama ... -
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, ...