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Brief
History?
In the early part of this century Morihei
Ueshiba (Founder if Aikido) practised AIKI JUJUTSU and from this he
derived his original form "AIKI
BUJUTSU". By 1942,
"AIKIDO", as it was then to be named, was officially
recognised and was know as the way of harmony.
Originally the AIKI JUJUTSU form had no simple
learning process and there were many hundreds of techniques many of
which were deadly and violent. Morihei
Ueshiba's AIKIDO reduced the number to some 2664 variations on 30 basic
movements and using safer techniques.
Students could then repeatedly practise without the fear of
permanent injury, but still keeping in mind the origins of the
techniques. Kenji Tomiki, a
student of Morihei Ueshiba and like his master he too was an expert in
Judo. He took this a stage
further and devised a simpler and more systematic method of teaching
Aikido efficiently from the knowledge and correct application of far
fewer techniques. One of
his aims was to introduce the element of competition or free-play (Randori),
something not previously acknowledged by Aikidoka.
By the mid 1960's he had achieved this and several colleges took
part in a competition. The
analogy being similar to that of Judo, which was developed by Kano for
younger players with a competitive and sporting element in mind.
The “BUDO MAN”
diagram shows the origins and refinements of AIKIDO and how it relates
to other disciplines. It
shows how the techniques are grouped and how they overlap with Judo.
Furthermore it highlights the key elements for safe and effective
application of Randori.
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