Dynamic Aikido DVD with Angel Alvarez

Angel F. Alvarez is renowned for an Aikido that combines fluidity, precision, and practical effectiveness. In this instructional program, he shares the concepts and principles that have shaped his personal understanding of Aikido after more than three decades of continuous practice, teaching, and study.

Angel began training in Aikido in October 1965 at the age of sixteen under the direct instruction of Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan at the New York Aikikai. On May 2, 1968, he began teaching at the dojo and continued to do so regularly until December 1995. During that same year, he earned his Shodan and became the first uchideshi (live-in student) of the New York Aikikai, spending approximately four years training intensively under Yamada Sensei. To this day, he continues to study with his longtime teacher and is honored to return as a guest instructor whenever invited by Yamada Shihan.

Widely respected for his exceptional ukemi (breakfall) skills, Angel has made the study and teaching of receiving techniques one of his specialties. Equally important to him has been the exploration of Aikido's technical principles and their practical application, developing an approach that remains faithful to tradition while emphasizing effectiveness, timing, and natural movement.

Today, Angel F. Alvarez serves as Chief Instructor of Barcelona Aikikai (Aikikai de Barcelona) in Barcelona, Spain, where he continues to teach and promote traditional Aikido.

Throughout his lifelong study of the art, he has had the privilege of receiving instruction from many of Aikido's greatest masters, including Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Moriteru Ueshiba (Waka Sensei), Koichi Tohei, Kisaburo Osawa, Morihiro Saito, Arikawa Sensei, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Nobuyoshi Tamura, Mitsunari Kanai, Kazuo Chiba, Seichi Sugano, Shibata Sensei, Murashige Sensei, and Takao Saito Sensei, who was also an uchideshi at the New York Aikikai during the late 1960s.

Drawing on this extraordinary lineage and decades of experience, Angel presents an insightful look at an Aikido that is both traditional and highly practical, offering valuable instruction for practitioners seeking to deepen both their technical understanding and their martial effectiveness.

Language: English, Spanish, Italian, French