TAKEMUSU AIKIDO (V5)
Bukidori & Ninindori

Front page

Back page

Contents

Preface de Stanley A. Pranin

Introduction

Bukidori

1- Tachi dori (13 forms)
2- Jo dori (13 forms)
3- Jo nage (10 forms)
4- Tanken dori (15 forms)

Ninindori

5- Ninindori (12 forms)

Introduction

This volume entitled Takemusu Aikido: Bukidori & Ninindori is the fifth of the comprehensive series by Morihiro Saito presenting the aikido techniques of Morihei Ueshiba O Sensei.

Volume 5 covers the following series of techniques: tachidori, jodori, jonage, tankendori and ninindori.This work is profusely illustrated with more than 450 photos and includes detailed, step-by-step explanations and commentary on each technique.

The author, Morihiro Saito, is 9th degree black belt and author of the highly acclaimed technical series, Traditional Aikido. Saito Sensei enrolled as a student of Founder Morihei Ueshiba in 1946. One of the art's foremost technicians, he is the acknowledged authority on aikido weapons training Saito Sensei operates Ueshiba's private dojo in Iwama, Japan and serves as guardian of the Aiki Shrine. He has traveled extensively throughout the world teaching his comprehensive aikido training methods.

Sonoko Tanaka is a black-belt student of Saito Sensei and currently lives and train in Iwama. Stanley Pranin is a 5 th degree black belt and the editor-in-chief of AikiNews/Aikido journal which he founded in 1974.