Was my first seminar...this seminar marked the beginning of my aikidoka journey...and so grateful for all of the community, experience, insights, and incredible friendships that have grown from this moment.
When I started Aikido (in UK) Chiba Sensei was our technical directer. I think he was the head instructer on my first summer school. He left to go to USA after that the next summer or the one after we invite Waka sensei the founders grandson. I did have the honour of training with him, and he threw me a couple of times. I beleive he is now Doshu after his fathers passing. The thing about Chiba sensei is that yes people in his class where usually lets not say scared, more uneasy because you never knew what he was going to do next. He didn't talk much he just did. But he was much missunderstood and I see many comments on here saying he was not teaching O sensei's Aikido. But he trained under O sensei for many years so who are we to say.His Aikido was very effective I would not like to be the wrong end of his Aikido. I always beleived Chiba sensei was a very hard tough man until I saw a video on youtube of his last interview before he passed. He talked of Aikido being like a beautiful women or princess who he loved but could never attain. So he devoted his life to protecting her. I actually shed a tear watching it. Under that tough exterior was a romantic. Don't judge him just by video. May he rest in peace.
Electrifying bokken, breath-taking. I trained at a seminar with Chiba sensei when he came to Vermont i guess around ‘06 or ‘07, so I knew how hard-core he was. But I’d never seen Shibata sensei before this fantastic vid. Oh my.
OBVIOUSLY they are technically very good. But IS THERE any 'space' for Partner's respect? They talk about "Harmony, harmony" but act extremely violently. Compare with Master UESHIBA, or some of his early pupils like HIKIZUCHI, NORO, and his son (in the french documentary from 1970 titled "LES ARTS MARTIAUX DU JAPON" by Michel RANDOM, where you can see an outstanding demo of pure and soft Aikido technique). Greetings to all,
Вся эта техника основана на ошибочном представлении что нападающий атакуя захватывает руку противника и не отпускает её да де если оказывается в неудобном положении . Но так не бывает в реальности .
