This one-of-a-kind DVD presents an in-depth look at the life and art of one of Aikido’s preeminent masters, Christian Tissier, 7th dan. Having begun Aikido as a boy in France in 1962, Tissier spent eight years in Japan at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo training with many of the art’s top masters. On his return to his native France, he brought back a new kind of Aikido that soon captured the imagination of the Aikido world in his country and practitioners throughout Europe. Tissier is at present the leading figure in the FFAAA organization, one of France’s two large Aikido associations. He is the sole foreign instructor to have taught at the International Aikido World Congress.

 

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Stanley Pranin interviews Christian Tissier about his early years in Aikido in France, his arduous journey to Japan in 1969 aboard the Trans-Siberian Express, and his first impressions of Japan and the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. Tissier goes on to describe his training and relationships with several of the Aikido greats of a by-gone era including Seigo Yamaguchi, Second Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Kisaburo Osawa, and several of the junior instructors. Tissier gives lucid and novel answers to questions about his own philosophy of training, the martial nature of the art, and his view of the future of Aikido.

 

This DVD also highlights from several of Christian Tissier’s seminars conducted at Aiki Expo 2005 in Los Angeles. His lucid teaching method and the closeup camera work make the seminar instruction of great value to aikido practitioners.

 

The finale of this program is the dynamic public demonstration given by Tissier at the Aiki Expo that met with great public acclaim. In addition to his spectacular and graceful Aikido, Tissier demonstrates a series of kata from the Kashima Shin-ryu sword school that he mastered while in Japan.

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