Masakatsu Bōjutsu

Masakatsu Bōjutsu is a system of exercises with the Bō (Japanese long stick), which was developed by the founder of Aikidō , Ueshiba Morihei .

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The Masakatsu Bōjutsu comprises several Kata , with the help of which students can train the correct movement sequences in (unarmed) Aikidō.

Masakatsu Bōjutsu is unknown even to most Aikidō schools. In 1957, Ueshiba gave his long-time student Hikitsuchi Michio permission to preserve and pass on the art of Masakatsu Bōjutsu. Ueshiba recorded all movements in a paper, the "Bo-Jutsu Masakatsu Oku Hisaden", which Hikitsuchi Michio kept until his death in 2004. The exercises are presented with drawings and an explanatory text by Ueshiba Morihei.

Masakatsu Bōjutsu is taught in Europe today by Gérard Blaize , one of Hikitsuchi's students, and the schools that follow his form of Aikidō.

Web links

• AIATJ (Association internationale d'aikido traditionnel du Japon) - Aikidō school by Gérard Blaize
• Dojo Centro Aikido Mallorca - Notes on the creation and presentation of individual kata