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[[File:Aikido keyhole.jpg|thumb|''Dōshu'' demonstrating Aikido to students from around the globe, at the IAF Congress in [[Tanabe, Wakayama|Tanabe]] (birthtown of Ōsensei)]] |
[[File:Aikido keyhole.jpg|thumb|''Dōshu'' demonstrating Aikido to students from around the globe, at the IAF Congress in [[Tanabe, Wakayama|Tanabe]] (birthtown of Ōsensei)]] |
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Within Japan, there are about 1800 other training locations affiliated with the Hombu. These are united under the All-Japan Aikido Federation. |
Within Japan, there are about 1800 other training locations affiliated with the Hombu. These are united under the All-Japan Aikido Federation. |
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<ref>[http://www.aikikai.or.jp/jpn/organization0.htm Organisation diagram] (Japanese), Aikikai Foundation. Note: page may not work in Firefox.</ref> |
<ref>[http://www.aikikai.or.jp/jpn/organization0.htm Organisation diagram] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517202950/http://aikikai.or.jp/jpn/organization0.htm |date=2011-05-17 }} (Japanese), Aikikai Foundation. Note: page may not work in Firefox.</ref> |
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Overseas, there are about 100 foreign aikido organisations recognised by the Hombu. These are ostensibly national aikido organisations that each represent many dojos and many students. The gradings of students in these organisations are codified specifically by the Hombu. (The Hombu has procedures for examinations and recommendations of aikido grades and instructor titles, and ideally this ensures a degree of international consistency and serves to prevent local instructors from boastfully exaggerating their own ranks.) However, regardless of recognition, all foreign aikido groups remain organisationally independent from the Aikikai Foundation.<ref name="aikikai"/> |
Overseas, there are about 100 foreign aikido organisations recognised by the Hombu. These are ostensibly national aikido organisations that each represent many dojos and many students. The gradings of students in these organisations are codified specifically by the Hombu. (The Hombu has procedures for examinations and recommendations of aikido grades and instructor titles, and ideally this ensures a degree of international consistency and serves to prevent local instructors from boastfully exaggerating their own ranks.) However, regardless of recognition, all foreign aikido groups remain organisationally independent from the Aikikai Foundation.<ref name="aikikai"/> |
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Morihei Ueshiba's own style evolved significantly over his lifetime. The pre-[[World War II|war]] ''aikibudo'' techniques taught by [[Morihei Ueshiba]] were generally closer to [[aikijujutsu]] whilst flowing technique was more emphasised as he became older, and this is reflected in the aikido of people who studied at different periods in time. |
Morihei Ueshiba's own style evolved significantly over his lifetime. The pre-[[World War II|war]] ''aikibudo'' techniques taught by [[Morihei Ueshiba]] were generally closer to [[aikijujutsu]] whilst flowing technique was more emphasised as he became older, and this is reflected in the aikido of people who studied at different periods in time. |
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[[Seiseki Abe]] said: <blockquote>"As far as the Aikido [O-Sensei] practiced in his later years, even young girls, old people and children could do [the techniques]. That is a big difference. I suppose you could say that it was a difference in the severity or the strictness of the training. Before the war, it was severity and strong technique, as opposed to the (kind of) techniques that invigorate our partners as we have now."<ref>[http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=151 Interview with Seiseki Abe] by Stanley Pranin (February 1982)</ref></blockquote> |
[[Seiseki Abe]] said: <blockquote>"As far as the Aikido [O-Sensei] practiced in his later years, even young girls, old people and children could do [the techniques]. That is a big difference. I suppose you could say that it was a difference in the severity or the strictness of the training. Before the war, it was severity and strong technique, as opposed to the (kind of) techniques that invigorate our partners as we have now."<ref>[http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=151 Interview with Seiseki Abe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605095151/http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=151 |date=2011-06-05 }} by Stanley Pranin (February 1982)</ref></blockquote> |
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[[Kazuo Chiba]] has implied that the style of training in Hombu concentrated less on physical rigor because of its demographic: <blockquote>"A large portion of the membership at [[Iwama Dojo]] consisted of local farmers, hard workers who spent all day in the fields. They had thick bones and great physical strength, combined with a peculiar local character known as "Mito kishitsu," a type of manliness close to gallantry. |
[[Kazuo Chiba]] has implied that the style of training in Hombu concentrated less on physical rigor because of its demographic: <blockquote>"A large portion of the membership at [[Iwama Dojo]] consisted of local farmers, hard workers who spent all day in the fields. They had thick bones and great physical strength, combined with a peculiar local character known as "Mito kishitsu," a type of manliness close to gallantry. |
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Altogether, it was quite an opposite culture from Hombu Dojo in Tokyo. Because it is in the capital of Japan, Hombu’s membership consists of white-collar workers, intellectuals, businessmen, politicians and university students."<ref>T.K. Chiba, [http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=308 Memorial Address for Saito Sensei], Aikido Journal.</ref></blockquote> |
Altogether, it was quite an opposite culture from Hombu Dojo in Tokyo. Because it is in the capital of Japan, Hombu’s membership consists of white-collar workers, intellectuals, businessmen, politicians and university students."<ref>T.K. Chiba, [http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=308 Memorial Address for Saito Sensei] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226185117/http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=308 |date=2010-12-26 }}, Aikido Journal.</ref></blockquote> |
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It has been noted by aikido researchers affiliated with other styles that many of the senior teachers at the Aikikai spent little time training under Morihei Ueshiba, and that Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Koichi Tohei were largely responsible for the Aikikai curriculum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aikidojournal.com/2016/01/14/is-o-sensei-really-the-father-of-modern-aikido-by-stanley-pranin-2/|title=Is O-Sensei Really the Father of Modern Aikido? by Stanley Pranin|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aikidotakemusu.org/en/articles/modern-aikido|title=Modern aikido - Takemusu Aiki Intercontinental|publisher=}}</ref> As a result, it has been argued that the teachings of the Aikikai are derived from those of the first Doshu, Kisshomaru, and that the art promulgated by the Aikikai differs from that taught by Morihei Ueshiba.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/ueshiba-legacy-mark-murray/|title=The Ueshiba Legacy, by Mark Murray - Aikido Sangenkai Blog|date=7 November 2015|publisher=}}</ref> |
It has been noted by aikido researchers affiliated with other styles that many of the senior teachers at the Aikikai spent little time training under Morihei Ueshiba, and that Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Koichi Tohei were largely responsible for the Aikikai curriculum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aikidojournal.com/2016/01/14/is-o-sensei-really-the-father-of-modern-aikido-by-stanley-pranin-2/|title=Is O-Sensei Really the Father of Modern Aikido? by Stanley Pranin|publisher=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304152321/http://aikidojournal.com/2016/01/14/is-o-sensei-really-the-father-of-modern-aikido-by-stanley-pranin-2/|archivedate=2017-03-04|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aikidotakemusu.org/en/articles/modern-aikido|title=Modern aikido - Takemusu Aiki Intercontinental|publisher=}}</ref> As a result, it has been argued that the teachings of the Aikikai are derived from those of the first Doshu, Kisshomaru, and that the art promulgated by the Aikikai differs from that taught by Morihei Ueshiba.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/ueshiba-legacy-mark-murray/|title=The Ueshiba Legacy, by Mark Murray - Aikido Sangenkai Blog|date=7 November 2015|publisher=}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 17:12, 9 December 2017
Also known as | Aikikai; Aikikai Honbu |
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Date founded | c.1940 |
Country of origin | Japan |
Founder | Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, December 14, 1883–April 26, 1969) |
Current head | Moriteru Ueshiba (植芝 守央 Ueshiba Moriteru, born April 2, 1951) |
Arts taught | Aikido |
Ancestor schools | Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu • Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū • Yagyū Shingan-ryū |
Descendant schools | Ki Society |
Practitioners | Steven Seagal, Kisaburo Osawa, Seiseki Abe, Yoshimitsu Yamada, Mitsunari Kanai, Nobuyoshi Tamura, Isamu Takeshita, Christian Tissier, Seiichi Sugano |
Official website | http://www.aikikai.or.jp |
The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido.[1] It is centered on the Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Doshu (the family heir of the founder of Aikido). It is represented globally through the International Aikido Federation.
Aikikai Foundation
The Aikikai Foundation (財団法人合気会, Zaidan Hōjin Aikikai) is the original aikido organization. It has been an incorporated entity in Japan since 1940. It is headed by the doshu, the living successor of the founder of aikido. In its name, Kai (会) simply means assembly or club.[2]
The Aikikai Foundation operates Hombu dojo, which is also named Aikido World Headquarters. It is sometimes called the Aikikai Hombu to distinguish it from the headquarters of later aikido organisations. It is located in
The Aikikai Foundation also currently manages one satellite dojo, the historical
The Aikikai Foundation sends instructors around Japan on a continual basis.[4] It also issues certificates of grading and instructor titles legitimated by the Doshu throughout the world.
Dōshu
Dōshu (道主 / どうしゅ) literally translates as 'Master of the Way'. It is the title denoting the head of the Aikikai. Although the same term could be used as a title within other disciplines, in Japanese its most common meaning is specific to the Aikikai Foundation.[2]
The system of having the heir of a
- Founder (開祖 Kaiso) Morihei Ueshiba (lived 1883-1969) originated the art of Aikido. As such he was also the first dōshu, but is more commonly referred to as O-sensei (grand teacher).
- Second dōshu (二代道主) Kisshomaru Ueshiba (lived 1921–1999) took over the leadership of the organisation and assumed the title of dōshu in 1969 upon the death of his father Morihei Ueshiba. Kisshomaru was the first person in aikido to be widely referred to as dōshu. He was succeeded by his son Moriteru.
- Third dōshu (三代道主) Moriteru Ueshiba (born 1951) is the current dōshu. He is grandson of the founder of aikido and assumed the title of dōshu in 1999.[4]
Moriteru is expected to be succeeded as doshu by his son, Mitsuteru Ueshiba (born 1981), who is currently referred to as "Waka(若) Sensei".
Hombu Dōjō
35°41′56.9″N 139°42′51.5″E / 35.699139°N 139.714306°E
The Hombu
The Hombu Dōjō is officially named Aikido World Headquarters, and is entirely operated by the Aikikai Foundation. It is sometimes called the Aikikai Hombu to distinguish it from the headquarters of later aikido organisations. Hombu (本部) is a common word meaning "headquarters".
Hombu Dōjō has about 30 instructors, and most are shihan. The instructors include the Doshu and Hiroshi Tada 9th dan.[4]
The location of Hombu Dōjō is in Wakamatsu-cho,
The dōjō was established in April 1931 by the founder of Aikido. It was originally named Kobukan Dōjō (皇武館道場, imperial warrior training hall) but was called Hombu Dōjō after World War II. [5]
In 1967 the original single-story wooden structure was replaced by a five story modern building. Training takes place in three rooms which total about 250 tatami in area.[4] The main training area has 105 tatami mats (170m2). The other two training areas, containing 72 and 42 tatami mats respectively, are often used for beginner's classes, children's classes, women's classes, or fixed term and enrollment "academy" (Gakko) courses.
Classes are held seven days a week. Beginner's and regular classes are open to all Aikido practitioners that are or become Aikikai members.[4]
Aikikai school of Aikido
Within Japan, there are about 1800 other training locations affiliated with the Hombu. These are united under the All-Japan Aikido Federation. [6]
Overseas, there are about 100 foreign aikido organisations recognised by the Hombu. These are ostensibly national aikido organisations that each represent many dojos and many students. The gradings of students in these organisations are codified specifically by the Hombu. (The Hombu has procedures for examinations and recommendations of aikido grades and instructor titles, and ideally this ensures a degree of international consistency and serves to prevent local instructors from boastfully exaggerating their own ranks.) However, regardless of recognition, all foreign aikido groups remain organisationally independent from the Aikikai Foundation.[4]
The students of recognised dojo worldwide are loosely referred to collectively as the Aikikai school of aikido, although this "school" is not an official organisation. Their aikido technique may be referred to as Aikikai style, although this encompasses a wider spectrum of technical styles characteristically than later (and smaller) schools of aikido.
International Aikido Federation
The
Aikikai style of aikido
Aikikai is not one style of aikido but instead encompasses a diversity of technical styles. This is associated with the broad base of first generation instructors, who each had their own interpretation of the art, and other influences. Nonetheless Aikikai is often described as a style for comparison with separate aikido organisations. Aikikai is described as the most traditional; Aikikai has stayed loyal to the Ueshiba house and is sometimes called Ueshiba Aikido. It has retained many of the aspects which Morihei Ueshiba valued, such as the non-competitive training system (as contrasted with Tomiki's development). Spiritual interpretations are not emphasised compared to in Ki Society.
Morihei Ueshiba's own style evolved significantly over his lifetime. The pre-
Seiseki Abe said:
"As far as the Aikido [O-Sensei] practiced in his later years, even young girls, old people and children could do [the techniques]. That is a big difference. I suppose you could say that it was a difference in the severity or the strictness of the training. Before the war, it was severity and strong technique, as opposed to the (kind of) techniques that invigorate our partners as we have now."[7]
It has been noted by aikido researchers affiliated with other styles that many of the senior teachers at the Aikikai spent little time training under Morihei Ueshiba, and that Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Koichi Tohei were largely responsible for the Aikikai curriculum.[9][10] As a result, it has been argued that the teachings of the Aikikai are derived from those of the first Doshu, Kisshomaru, and that the art promulgated by the Aikikai differs from that taught by Morihei Ueshiba.[11]
References
- ^ Carter, Robert Edgar (2008). The Japanese Arts and Self-Cultivation. SUNY Press. p. 27.
- ^ a b Denshi Jisho. Definition of: "doshu" - 道主; "kai" - 会. (For the hiragana reading of 道主, see Forvo.)
- ^ Ibaraki branch dojo main website.
- ^ a b c d e f g Aikikai Foundation official website. Includes list of affiliated organisations (and associated regulations), and current training timetables. Japanese version includes reports covering instructor travel, and details of current and past buildings.
- ^ History of Aikido, Aikido FAQ.
- ^ Organisation diagram Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese), Aikikai Foundation. Note: page may not work in Firefox.
- ^ Interview with Seiseki Abe Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine by Stanley Pranin (February 1982)
- ^ T.K. Chiba, Memorial Address for Saito Sensei Archived 2010-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, Aikido Journal.
- ^ "Is O-Sensei Really the Father of Modern Aikido? by Stanley Pranin". Archived from the original on 2017-03-04.
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- ^ "The Ueshiba Legacy, by Mark Murray - Aikido Sangenkai Blog". 7 November 2015.
External links
- "The travelling Aikidoka's guide to practice at Hombu Dojo". Information and answers to frequently asked questions about travelling to Tokyo in order to train at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo.