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Daito-ryu
Aikijujutsu:
Conversations with Daito-ryu
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This
is the first book in English
to explore the life of
the enigmatic Sokaku Takeda
with an authoritative
essay by Aikido Journal
Editor-in-chief Stanley
Pranin.
Also contains interviews
with Sokaku's top students
including Tokimune Takeda,
Yukiyoshi Sagawa, Chieko
Horikawa, Yusuke Inoue,
Takuma Hisa, Keisuke Sato,
Katsuyuki Kondo, Hakaru
Mori and Seigo Okamoto.
Details: dtr, 224 pages
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Daito-ryu
Aikijujutsu Hiden Mokuroku:
Ikkajo
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This
is the first book in English
to introduce the technical curriculum
of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu as
originally taught by Sokaku
Takeda. It contains the 31 techniques
of the ikkajo series of the
Hiden Mokuroku, the first level
of study in Daito-ryu.
The arts of Daito-ryu form the
basis for most of the techniques
of modern aikido, the martial
art created by Morihei Ueshiba
O-Sensei. The international
success of aikido has in turn
rekindled great interest in
Daito-ryu and the legendary
figure of Sokaku Takeda.
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This
volume also features a historical essay
by Aikido Journal Editor-in-chief Stanley
Pranin on the life of Sokaku Takeda,
his son the late Headmaster Tokimune
Takeda, Menkyo Kaiden-holder Katsuyuki
Kondo, and the present status of Daito-ryu.
The author, Katsuyuki Kondo, was born
in Tokyo in 1945. He began his training
in Daito-ryu aikijujutsu as a teenager
under Tsunejiro Hosono and later Kotaro
Yoshida, a friend and senior in Daito-ryu
to Morihei Ueshiba. With an introduction
from Yoshida, Kondo made periodic visits
to Hokkaido starting in 1961 to practice
under Tokimune Takeda Sensei. He continued
his training under the Daito-ryu headmaster
for 32 years.
Details: kondo01, 240 pages
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Elated
White Pyjamas
by Tony Huges |
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Kampo
by Carmen Altomonte |
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Kotodama
and Junon
by James Deacon |
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