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Yoseikan Budo - Aikido
Yoseikan (YO-SAY-KHAN) means "the place where what is right is taught." Morihei
Ueshiba developed the Japanese art of Aikido. Minoru Mochizuki was his student
and he, too, learned from several teachers earning over 20 Black Belts in Japan.
Mochizuki left Japan for France and is known as the Father of Japanese Martial Arts in France.
Mochizuki’s Yoseikan Budo Aikido is an “AIKI” art. We strive to work in cooperation with
a partner, still employing effective technique against an energetic and realistic attack,
yet doing so by blending with the attack and redirecting its energy back to the attacker.
A dynamic self-defense style, Aikido practice includes Ukemi (rolls and falls),
Te hadoke (escapes and strategies), Tai Subaki (body movement and footwork),
Kensetsu waza (joint locks and manipulations), Ne waza (ground work), Sutemi (sacrifice throws),
Kobudo (weapons training), and Randori (free practice). Aikido techniques include striking (atemi waza),
joint locks (kansetsu waza), pinning methods (katame waza), strangulations (shime waza), take downs
(taoshi waza), and throws (nage waza).
These can then be broken down further. Joint locks in Aikido
include those to the wrist (kote), elbow (hiji), shoulder (kata), and legs. Throws include those done
using the hands (te), feet (ashi), hips (koshi), and by sacrificing ones own body position (sutemi). Yoseikan
training allows an individual to find his own "right" path by studying a large set of martial techniques,
principles, and experiences.
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