Yoshinkan Aikido

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Yoshinkan-Aikidō ( Japanese 養神 館 , Yōshinkan ; "House for cultivating the mind") is an Aikidō style that was founded by Shioda Gōzō (1915-1994) in the years after the Second World War.

Shioda was an early student of Ueshiba Morihei, and Yoshinkan aikidō has retained many elements from Ueshiba's aikidō of the 1930s. It is more closely related to classical Aikijutsu than the more modern, gentler Aikidō styles (such as Aikikai , Tendo-Ryū etc.) and has sharper, more angular movements. It is therefore often viewed as a "harder" Aikido style - although the justification of such classifications can be questioned.

The main difference, however, lies in the teaching method, which in turn is rooted in the personality of the founders: Ueshiba developed his Aikidō in a spontaneous, intuitive and creative way and expected his students to learn the techniques from him; Shioda, on the other hand, was a systematist who conceived Yoshinkan Aikidō as a teaching method at the same time. It is therefore particularly suitable for teaching in larger classes and is widely taught in Japan as a self-defense art for police forces .

In Yoshinkan Aikidō, the emphasis for the beginner is mainly on the correct form and less on the flow of movement and timing, which only arise in the course of the training. Similar to classical Budo , the beginner first learns a series of basic techniques ( Kihon ), which can be practiced as individual exercises ( Kata ) and which convey the general principles and movement patterns. The specific techniques are then derived from the Kihon.

It is characteristic of the basic position of Yoshinkan Aikidō that the hips are not in Hanmi - that is, slightly rotated to the side according to the position of the feet - but face the attacker ( uke ) frontally ; 60% of the weight should rest on the front leg; the back leg is straight, with the foot strongly angled.

Another characteristic of Yoshinkan is that each movement variant has its own name; the names of the techniques often differ significantly from those commonly used in Aikikai and are partly taken from Aikijutsu (e.g. Dai-Ikkajo for the more common Ikkyo ).

The Yoshinkan Honbu Dōjō is located in Tokyo in the Shinjuku district .

literature

  • Gozo Shioda : Dynamic Aikido. Kodansha International, Tokyo et al. 1977, ISBN 0-87011-301-1 (English).
  • Gozo Shioda, Yasuhisa Shioda: Total Aikido. The Master Course. Kodansha International, Tokyo et al. 1977, ISBN 4-7700-2058-9 (English).
  • Gozo Shioda: Aikido Shugyo. Translation published by Bill Verlag, Munich et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812589-2-9 (German).
  • Tsuneo Ando: Aikido Yoshinkan - power from the center. Translation published by Bill Verlag, Munich et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-9812589-1-2 (German).

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