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	Iwama style - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iwama style is a name for the style of aikido that was taught by the Founder at the Iwama dojo, the birthplace of aikido.
		Iwama practitioners often claim that their aikido is closest to that of the founder, as preserved by Morihiro Saito.
		Among non-Iwama practitioners, a common opinion is that Iwama style mainly is Morihei Ueshiba's aikido of the 1940s and 1950s not taking into consideration his later years, which definition is considered to be too simplistic by Iwama style practitioners.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iwama_style (268 words)

	Cambridge Aikido Club - Traditional Iwama Ryu Aikido - About Aikido (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Iwama Style Aikido is taught at Cambridge Aikido.
		Iwama is a small village in the Ibaraki prefecture of Japan, and it is the place where the founder created his art of Aikido in the mid 1900's.
		Iwama Style Aikido differs from many styles of Aikido in that a much stronger emphasis is placed on mastering the fundamentals of basic Aikido movement from a static position before learning to apply the techniques in a more advanced constantly moving and flowing manner.
	www.cambridge-aikido.com /about.html (824 words)

	Aikido at the Center: Reflections on Aikido
		One of the most important aspects of Iwama Aikido that I experience is the way in which those people with a lot of experience in this style are able to use their whole bodies in unison to execute technique efficiently and effectively.
		In those aikidoka without many years of experience in Iwama Aikido, however, it seems that the techniques are performed quite forcefully with a lot of emphasis on physical strength, instead of on the proper technique, which would enable them to execute technique without the unnecessary physical strain.
		Although the teacher/student relationship is important in all styles of aikido, it is a stated priority of the Iwama style to foster and emphasize this relationship.
	www.aikido.pair.com /reflections.html (6116 words)

	Iwama Ryu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iwama Ryu was a now defunct informal aikido organization, comprising of a part of the students of Morihiro Saito doing the type of aikido normally referred to as Iwama aikido or Iwama-style.
		Most of the Iwama aikido practitioners were never within the Iwama Ryu, and the distribution of Iwama Ryu was more abundand in some countries, such as the Scandinavian countries, where almost all Iwama aikido was within the Iwama Ryu.
		The Iwama Ryu was created partly as a consequence of the Japanese aikido teacher and Swedish resident Takeji Tomita ending his relationship with his teacher Morihiro Saito.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iwama_Ryu (437 words)

	Newcastle Iwama Aikido Inc.
		The style in this dojo is referred to as Iwama Style to reflect the ties the dojo has with the original Aikido dojo and style.
		The Iwama style is renowned for its effectiveness, which is gained through the slower and more precise practice of basic technique than in more recent forms.
		Kevin is the Dojo Cho of Newcastle Iwama Aikido.
	www.newcastle-iwama-aikido.com.au /history.html (422 words)

	iwama@aikido.com.au
		Iwama training was focused on mastering the basic forms (kihon) and being able to execute techniques powerfully from solid attacks before moving on to the more advanced flowing (ki-no-nagare) movements.
		Saito Sensei 9th dan, was renowned as a superior exponent and teacher of Aikido who dedicated his life to passing on the Aikido taught to him by the founder, and in particular, the study of its traditional weapon technique.
		The practice at Iwama Dojo came to be known by many students as "Iwama Style".
	aikido.com.au /iwama.html (590 words)

	Welcome to Aikido of Arlington
		Iwama style Aikido gets its name from the Japanese town of Iwama, where O'Sensei Ueshiba operated a farm and dojo during the latter half of his life.
		Iwama style is notable for its extensive use of kihon, or static, training, in the early stages.
		Another noteworthy aspect of Iwama style Aikido is its extensive use of weapons training in bokken (wooden sword) and jo (staff).
	www.aikidoofarlington.com /about.html (690 words)

	Saito Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Morihiro Saito, a native of Iwama, joined the Iwama Dojo as a live-in student at age 18.
		Saito Shihan, however, remained in Iwama as head instructor of the Iwama Dojo.
		This method has become known as the "Iwama Style." The style stresses mental focus and coordinated body movement as the source of power in techniques.
	www.iwama-aikido.com /Saito_Bio.html (155 words)

	E-Budo.com - Taijutsu of Iwama-ryu Aikido of Morihiro Saito?
		Isoyama Sensei began his Aikido in Iwama as a young man. His style of Aikido is very hard and he also uses weapons such as the sword.
		Iwama's Taijutsu must be very direct and hard because if you have ever seen Isoyama Sensei or Seagal Sensei, they are both very direct and hard styles.
		My teacher informs me that the reason Iwama style is considered static or "hard" is that it is not until 3rd dan that ki no nagare is emphasised more than previously.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/printthread.php?t=3681 (1734 words)

	E Saito sensei - interview
		He was at Iwama during the years I spent as an uchi deshi under the Founder, Morihei Ueshiba.
		Then someone from Iwama screamed out, "He is Iwama's Mou-chan!" At that, the rival boss got down on his hands and knees, lowered his head to the ground, and apologized.
		Iwama is for Aikidoists what, for example, Mecca is for Muslims, or the Vatican is for Catholics.
	www.aiki.co.yu /intervju1_e.htm (4990 words)

	Aikido Weapons
		It is important to note that the primary goals of Iwama Style weapons training are not to learn sword fighting or stick fighting for use in combat situations.
		The Jo movements are generally based upon the Iwama Style 31 Jo Kata with some of the movements also based upon the usage of the bo, naginata, and the spear.
		Unlike Iwama style weapons training, the close relationship of the body movements in both weapons practice and empty-handed aikido is not emphasized.
	www.baymarinaikido.com /pages/weapons.html (649 words)

	Interview with Morihiro Saito Sensei by Gaku Homma, Nippon Kan Kancho
		Iwama’s Mou-chan dozing in his clothes needs only 30 minutes of sleep before he is ready to work again.” Eventually, the name “Napoleon” stuck and became my nickname.
		Lecturing the Iwama boys, I said sternly, “Anyone who starts a fight is in the wrong and must remedy the situation by serving sake to those they have hurt.
		I thought Saito Sensei’s style would be more strict and severe.” My motto for teaching is to have a happy practice that clearly demonstrates the day’s lesson, so that students can understand fully and take it back home with them.
	www.nippon-kan.org /senseis_articles/saito_interview.html (5085 words)

	Iwama Style Aikido
		It is while in Iwama that O'Sensei developed the art form that we today, recognize as Aikido.
		Under the direction of Morihiro Saito Shihan, 9th dan and Hitohiro Saito Shihan, 6th dan, the technical curriculum of this style remains preserved, as originally taught by the Founder.
		The Iwama Style is easily discernable from other styles of Aikido.
	www.angelfire.com /nj/TakemusuAikiDojo/Iwama.html (305 words)

	UCHIDESHI PROGRAM AT THE IWAMA DOJO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Iwama Ryu techniques are very different from many of the techniques which are currently practiced at the AIKIKAI HONBU-DOJO.
		Iwama Ryu is a martial art based on the union of KEN, JO and TAIJUTSU.
		For those coming from an aikido style other than Iwama Ryu or from an other martial art, it will be necessary to join an Iwama style dojo for at least one year before coming to Iwama.
	www.iwama-ryu-aikido.org /uchideshi.html (281 words)

	Iwama-Ryu Türkiye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Iwama style Aikido, different that Hombu style, you do not expect your opponent to harmonize with you or watch you when you are performing your technique.
		The body movements in Aiki weapon techniques of Iwama style are similar to the ones in empty hand techniques, therefore both practices help to improve kokyu.
		In Iwama, with both empty hand and Aiki weapon practices, kiai is often used, and this is another significant difference between Modern Aikido and Traditional Aikido.
	www.iwama-ryu-tr.org /eng/toutain.html (3173 words)

	Martial Arts Planet - Iwama Ryu Aikido (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Iwama style is not necessarily purer than, say, the ASU style led by Saotome, who was a student of O-Sensei for 15 years.
		Iwama is a place in Japan, just so happens to be the place where Aikido is also taught and studied.
		Iwama is were the founder really started to develop what he finally decieded was Aikido Including Aiki jo and Aiki ken. Which the founder spent many many years developing this sytem of taijutsu and buki waza to give birth to Aikido or as the founder would call his art in Iwama, Takemusu Aiki.
	www.martialartsplanet.com /forums/showthread.php?t=6289 (1304 words)

	The British Aikido Board - Association History
		Tony was so impressed that he decided to follow Saito Sensei's teachings and adopt his style, subsequently becoming a leading light in Aiki Ken and Jo.
		In 1991 Tony formed Traditional Aikido Iwama Style, with Paul McGlone, of the Poole Aikido club.
		Iwama Ryu Aikido can be recognized by its concentration on Kihon (basics), and is traditional in its approach.
	www.bab.org.uk /associations/iwama_ryu_gb.html (214 words)

	Bay Marin Aikido
		This method has become known as the "Iwama Style." The style stresses mental focus and coordinated body movement for the rapid development of internal energy and power.
		Additionally, Iwama Style Aikido carries a heavy emphasis on weapons training with wooden sword and staff to aid students in refining their timing and physical movements in relation to an attacker.
		Training at the Iwama Dojo of that time was intensive and severe, since Saito Sensei expected all his students to become Aikido Instructors.
	www.baymarinaikido.com /pages/aikido.html (1355 words)

	kristofer ranstrom. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Iwama Ruy is one of the largest traditional styles of Aikido, second only to Aikikai (founded by Morihei’s grandson — Moriteru Ueshiba).
		The name Iwama comes from Iwama Dojo where the style was based.
		Iwama Ryu is stylistically different from mainstream Aikikai, but is most known for placing a greater emphasis on the weapons training then just on the taijutsu (hand to hand combat).
	web.comhem.se /~u08600388/aikido.html (252 words)

	Dojo Info
		He considered it his duty to correctly transmit O'Sensei's traditional teachings as he was taught in Iwama.
		The students of Traditional Aikido of Sonoma are fortunate to study and train the techniques and philosophy handed down via direct lineage from the founder of Aikido.
		He was head of the Ibaragi Dojo in Iwama and the guardian of the Aiki Shrine until his death in May, 2002.
	www.sonic.net /~aikidojo/dojo.htm (143 words)

	AikiWeb Aikido Forums - Iwama style student in tokyo
		I would surely think that someone in your Iwama dojo must know who is teaching Iwama style in Tokyo.
		I have nothing against other styles at all, and I have friends more comfortable with different styles and like myself they just stick with what they enjoy and feel comfortable with - we're all on the same path.....
		At the moment no. I take it youve been out of the loop for a while, i was about to say get your iwama teacher to write to sensei, but if your coming back after a while that is a bit different.
	www.aikiweb.com /forums/printthread.php?t=9836 (567 words)

	Iwama Aikido - Aikido in Everyday Life
		Iwama is about 100 km north-east of Tokyo and is considered to be the birth place of Aikido!
		O'Sensei lived and trained in Iwama from 1942 and it was around this time that the word Aikido started to be used.
		Takemusu Iwama Aikido GB Takemusu Iwama Aikido GB is aikido in the UK which follows Saito Sensei's teaching through Sensei Tony Sargeant (First Principal) and Sensei Paul McGlone (Second Principal).
	www.angelfire.com /bug2/aikido (670 words)

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		Takemusu Aiki Dojo - New Jersey is an Aikido Club founded in September of 1991, by Vince Salvatore Sensei, 5th dan, one of the longest foreign students to study directly under the supervision of Morihiro Saito Shihan, 9th dan.
		Keiko is Iwama Style based, with training conducted in the traditional manner.
		Takemusu Aiki Dojo is supervised by Vince Salvatore Sensei, 5th dan, (Reno Aikido), and is a member of the California Aikido Association, under Division 1 Director, Pat Henricks Sensei, 6th dan.
	www.angelfire.com /nj/TakemusuAikiDojo (300 words)

	Aikido Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The founder of Aikido, O'Sensei, spent his later years in Iwama, a rural town about 2 hours north of Tokyo by train.
		It was there that O'Sensei perfected the art of Aikido and built the Aiki Shrine that still stands near the Iwama Dojo.
		In Iwama, Morihiro Saito was O'Sensei's personal student for 23 years.
	www.aikidoinstitute.org /n_dojo.htm (131 words)

	Welcome to Aikido of Arlington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although he became strong and won many matches, he was troubled by the idea that winning at someone else's expense was not really winning, and as a result he searched for a martial art which would divert harm from one's self without inflicting permanent injury on an aggressor.
		The old Iwama Dojo is now under the Instruction of Nemoto Sensei, a long time student of both Morihiro Saito and O'Sensei.
		Sensei Lyon held the rank of 4th Dan (Yondan) in Iwama style Aikido and Aikido weapons, and traveled to Japan, where he studied under Saito Sensei.
	www.aikidoofarlington.com /lineage.html (294 words)

	JET AA UK - Aikido in the UK
		He refined his art in his home town on Iwama and on his death in 1969 his teaching was carried on at the Iwama dojo by Saito Sensei.
		The style has become internationally known as 'Iwama style' and the London Aikido Club carries on the tradition and adds 'Iwama Ryu' to its name.
		The basis of the training is to learn a series of techniques aimed at being able to overcome strong attacks by using the whole body as a single, co-ordinated unit to attack an opponent's weak points.
	members.tripod.com /~jetaauk/aikido.htm (310 words)

	Traditional Aikido of Santa Rosa
		Aiki-weapons are taught as shown to Jay and Lynn Senseis by Saito Sensei during their trainings at Iwama dojo in Japan and during Saito Sensei's early visits to Northern California.
		Characteristics of Aiki-weapons are the bigger movements used to teach hip rotation and body movement, moving off the line of attack, as well as ki extension.
		Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu is a 600-year-old sword style, considered to be the most distinguished of all Japanese martial traditions, and as such was designated an intangible cultural treasure by the Japanese government in April 1960.
	www.santarosaaikido.com /Weapons.html (427 words)

	Branches of Aikido - MartialTalk.Com
		Aikikai is also "Hombu style", or the style that O Sensei's family has maintained control of.
		Iwama style is the style practiced by Saito Sensei at Iwama - the shrine set up at O Sensei's home - in Japan.
		There is an Aikido style known as Nihon Goshin Aikido that is not an off-shoot of Uyeshiba or any of his students.
	www.martialtalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=840 (1276 words)

	E-Budo.com - Taijutsu of Iwama-ryu Aikido of Morihiro Saito?
		i would say that it is not anymore aggressive than any other style of aikido, but it is definitely stronger than most (that's only my opinion).
		It must be understod that all the main styles of aikido e.g.
		I studied "Iwama" Aikido for some time, and we had a saying, "one blend one throw".
	www.e-budo.com /forum/showthread.php?t=3681 (1749 words)

	Paolo Corallini
		This meeting with the famous ninth dan Aikikai Shihan led Corallini to a new understanding of the principles of aikido and kindled a renewed passion to share his discovery of the depth of O-Sensei's art with others.
		During Saito Sensei's classes in the Iwama Dojo I immediately realized that what I had learned up to that point was not enough to enable me to practice together with his students.
		In other words, those first days in Iwama were very traumatic for me. Watching me, Saito Sensei immediately understood my problems, and fortunately, helped me to correct my movements in such a precise manner that little by little I was able to make some small progress.
	www.aikidojournal.com /article.php?articleID=307 (1553 words)

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