Saotome Mitsugi – Two Swords of Aikido

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Saotome Mitsugi – Two Swords of Aikido

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Salepage: Saotome Mitsugi – Two Swords of Aikido

I’ll share some more of my uneducated comments since my friend continues purchasing Saotome’s recordings. This tape includes a segment outlining fundamental techniques, a segment of Saotome sensei’s explanation (his English is a little difficult to understand; if I am distorting his explanation, it is not on purpose), and a segment of a recorded seminar.

On this video, Saotome sensei discusses the philosophy behind his weapons training: since the use of physical force is prohibited by the usage of the weapons, it pushes pupils to concentrate on technique. His two-sword methods are meant to strengthen both sides of the body. On a television program on Miyamoto Musashi, the real methods were based (!). But they don’t resemble the two sword techniques of Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu.

Because Saotome doesn’t indicate the opponent’s location when he displays a stance, I had trouble following the fundamentals (it seems to be on varying angles from the camera, but that could be me trying to map them on NIR nito kamae).

This Saotome tape, like the others I’ve seen, seems to be only relevant to members of the “Aikido School of Ueshiba.” Some oddities I saw were: Saotome sensei is never the “uke,” always the “nage.” Additionally, “uke” maintains his position when Saotome sensei retreats after each technique. I observed the same thing in his randori phase, and Saotome sensei appears to enjoy walking backwards a lot.