Morihiro Saito is the author of Aikido: Its Heart and Appearance as well as the highly acclaimed technical series Traditional Aikido, published in the early 1970s, and Takemusu Aikido, published in the mid-1900s. Saito Sensei enrolled as a student of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba in 1946 in Iwama. One of the art’s foremost technicians, Saito Sensei was the acknowledged authority on Aikido weapons training. He operated Ueshiba’s private dojo in Iwama, Japan and served as caretaker of the Aiki Shrine for more than 30 years. Saito Sensei travelled extensively throughout the world for over three decades teaching his comprehensive aikido training methods.

Aikido: Its Heart and Appearance was first printed in March 1975 and published by Minato Research & Publishing Co, Ltd. This book “will help you grasp the roots of Aikido which creates an unlimited number of techniques,” the words of Morihiro Saito Shihan in 1975. The book covers a wide range of techniques including taijutsu, Aiki Ken and Tachi-dori and features hundreds of photographs to clarify the different techniques presented.

Contents:

Foreword by the late Morihiro Saito Shihan
Training Method
Basic Information: Manners • Moving on knees • How to hold the sword • Uses of “sword-edge” of hand • Atemi
Basic Movements: Body turning • Posture and Hitoemi • Irimi

Aiki Techniques
Aiki Fencing Art: Sword-swinging exercise • Suburi No.1- 7 • Matching exercise – No. 1 – 7
Kokyu-ho: Standing • Against two-man attack • Sitting

Holding techniques
Dai-Ikkyo: Suwari-waza Shomen-uchi omote-waza and ura-waza • Tachi-waza Shomen-uchi omote-waza and ura-waza • Ushiro Ryote-dori • Henka-waza
Dai-Nikyo: Shomen-uchi omote-waza and ura-waza • Mune-dori (1) and (2)
Dai-Sankyo: Shomen-uchi Omote-waza and Ura-waza • Henka-waza (1) and (2) • Tsuki Henka-waza • Tachi-dori
Dai-Yonkyo: Shomen-uchi Omote-waza and Ura-waza • Tachi-dori
Dai-Gokyo: Yokumen-uchi Omote-waza and Ura-waza • Henka-waza

Throwing exercises
Shiho-nage: Principle of Ken • Katate-dori Ura-waza
Irimi-nage: Hanmi-Handachi • Shomen-uchi • Tachi-dori • Henka-waza
Kotegaeshi: Principle of Ken • Tachi-dori • Tsuki • Varied exercise No. 1 and No. 2
Koshi-nage: Mune-dori • Ushiro Mune-dori • Ushiro Mune-dori when pulled back • Ushiro Ryote-dori
Jyujigarami: Mune-dori • Ushiro Ryote-dori
Kaiten-nage: Inward
Tenchi-nage

Flow of “Ki”
Happo-giri

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