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The
Origins of Aikido
Aikido is a name which is created by linking three characters in
Japanese. Ai means joining, Ki refers to spirit and do means way.
By taking these three terms together you get the essence of the
art of aikido. Aikido can then be defined as a form of martial art
which joins the spirit in order to find the way. In the 1930’s –
1940’s Aikido was officially accepted as the definition as the
true name of this martial art.
Aikido emphasizes techniques that do not damage or kill people
unlike other different forms of martial arts. These skills and
movements which are taught are created in order to divert a
person’s focus or immobilize that person. Most people prefer
Aikido because it is a peaceful and harmonious compared to
aggression and conflict. Morihei Ueshiba who developed the martial
art believed that the control of aggression without any resultant
injury was the art of peace.
Ueshiba is also O sensei, which translates to Great Teacher in
English. He created aikido from the founding principles of Daito-Ryu
-Aiki-Jujutsu. He also made use of the different techniques of the
yari, the spear; the juken, (a bayonet); and the Jo, (a short
quarterstaff). Something that separates Aikido from other
different martial arts is that Aikido uses hands as weapons and
the individual has no use for weapons.
When Ueshiba was a child he focused a lot on physical fitness and
conditioning due to the fact that he had vowed to avenge the death
of his father. He studied different martial arts including those
with weapons and those without. This is one of the reasons why
Aikido is such a diverse and multi-disciplinary field.
Despite all his knowledge Ueshiba wasn’t satisfied because he felt
that something was missing. This was where he found religion in
the hands of Onisaburo Deguchiof the leader of the sect of Omoto-Kyo
in Ayabe. It was Deguchiof who taught him to take care of his
spiritual self. With the combination of the spiritual and his
cumulative knowledge of martial arts led to formation of Aikido.
By associating with Deguchiof he also go to meet the ruling and
military elite as a martial artist. Due too this connection he
then established Aikido and transferred this teaching to different
students. These students over time developed their different
styles and additions to Aikido.
Aikido is a diverse mélange of the various styles of Jujitsu and
some other techniques of other arts such as sword and spear
fighting. Ueshiba was an expert in all these arts. Aikido combines
certain joint locks and techniques which are employed in Jujitsu
and movements that the body goes through whenever you’re fighting
with swords and spears.
Aikido was brought to the west by Minoru Mochizuki when he came to
France in 1951. He introduced the aikido techniques to students
who were learning judo at the time. In 1952, Tadashi Abe came to
France as the official Aikikai Honbu representative. In 1953,
Kenji Tomiki made a tour through the United States while Koichi
Tohei stayed in Hawaii for a full year where he set up a dojo and
taught Aikido. Aikido then spread its influence in United Kingdom.
In the year 1965 Aikido was introduced to Germany and Australian
and now it exists all over the world.
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