Aïkibudo

The Aïkibudō is a traditional Martial art of Japanese origin (Budō) primarily based on techniques of defense. It is very close to the Aïkidō, and inherits the same lesson resulting from the martial practices from the Samurais. It cannot be described like an evolution of Aïkidō, much more known, but like another form of the teaching of the same founder, Morihei Ueshiba.

History

Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aïkidō, made evolve/move its vision of martial art throughout its life. Modern Aïkidō corresponds to the most recent form of its teaching. Before arriving at this purified form, the form of its practice and the name of its school knew changes. Ueshiba had thus named its school daïtō ryu aïki jūjutsu , in reference to the traditional school from where it drew its techniques, then Aïkibudō (1930), which will become later on Aïkidō (1942).

Some of its pupils will create in their turn their own style; one of them, Minoru Mochizuki will come to France to promote the Aikido of then; Thereafter it will modify it according to its research and will develop the style Aikido-jujutsu of Yoseïkan . It will rejoin thus certain French practitioners allured by the plurality of the disciplines taught in its center;

One of them, Alain Floquet, initiated in Aïki jūjutsu, and practitioner himself of other martial arts, decides to teach it in France; with the research of the origins of the Aïki movements, he will see himself presented to various famous professors in various martial arts (Daïto Ryu Aïkijujutsu, Katori shinto ryu…), in addition to the Aikido-jujutsu of Yoseïkan called also Yoseikan Shinto Ryu. Afterwards many years, and with the authorization of its professors, it synthesizes his own art, which definitively takes the name of Aïkibudō only in 1980. Aïkibudō is not presented like a competitor of Aïkidō, but in the form of an alternative perception of the teaching of Morihei Ueshiba.

Especially developed and taught in France, Aïkibudō is under development and knows a growth of the number of its practitioners in Europe and throughout the world.

" Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu and Katori Shinto Ryu are the two banks of a river, Yoseikan Shinto Ryu is the bed in which Aikibudo runs out. The banks of this river are the rails of the tradition, and Aikibudo the flow of the modernité." (Alain Floquet)

Description

The aïkibudo term is composed of four roughly meaning Kanji:

  • 合 Have : Harmonization
  • 気 Ki : Blow, energy
  • 武 Bu : War
  • 道 Dō :
sees

Aïkibudō can thus result in “the way of the harmony by the martial practice”.

Just like of Aïkidō, the essence of the practice consists of techniques of defense to naked hands, against all strike armed or not, or against all seized. The same principles which form the base of the two practices. One finds there moreover in Aïkibudō of the older alternatives of these techniques, as well as forms resulting from other schools, such as for example of the alternatives of the sutemi waza , well-known of the Judo kas.

Moreover, some weapons are studied, the Bokken (wood saber of drive), the Tanto (wood knife), the bō (long stick). The practitioner will also be able, within the framework of his study, to be interested in others traditional weapons the such Tonfa or the Naginata (halberd). The practice of the weapons is resulting from the kobudō .

Philosophy in practice

The attacker and the defender are known as " partenaires" and not " adversaires" ; they regularly exchange their roles, which are given in advance. Each one is brought in turn to undergo the techniques and to apply them. There is thus no strictly speaking confrontation. Neither winner, nor overcome. One of the consequences is that there does not exist competition in this martial art.

However, absence of competition does not mean exclusion of any spontaneous work nor of work in opposition; if part of the practice is done in " partenariat" to include/understand the techniques, a work of randori makes it possible to confront various degrees of uncertainties, first stage of the acquisition of " reflexes combatifs" ; Thereafter a work of " kaeshi waza" , allows to work and try out the " contreprises" and responses. the " partenaire" becomes " then; adversary of travail" , to try out its personal progression and to test oneself.

Ranks

Generally - even if in certain clubs of the belts of color are allotted - the aïkibudōkas carries a belt (Obi) either white, or black.

The equivalent of the change of color of belt is a passage of rank Kyu , decreed by the professor at the conclusion of an examination passed within the club. The beginner, out of white belt, passes successively six ranks kyu, of the 6ème until the 1er, which corresponds to the belt chestnut of other disciplines. At the conclusion of this progression, one prepares the rank of first daN , which obtaining authorizes to carry the black belt and the Hakama, and marks officially the passage of the state of beginning to that from practitioner . Ranks daN are decreed by a federal jury after examination. The practitioners, carrying the black belt, are called Yudansha.

Lexicon

Commands for safety

Professor N `is not that which dictates the commands directly. The professor is in front of his pupils and its most advanced pupil dictates safeties with the other pupils.

  1. Seiza : You put at knees!

  2. Shinzen nor rei : Hello of the pupils of the professor in Shinzen
  3. Sensei nor rei : The pupils greet the professor
  4. Otagai nor rei : Hello at the present
  5. Kiritsu : You raise!

Displacements - Tai Sabaki

  • Nagashi : Pivot with 180° on the foot before

  • Irimi : Pivot of 45 degrees after a light advance of the foot before
  • O-Irimi : Pivot D `a maximum of 180 degrees after a passage of the foot postpones with L `before
  • Iraki : displacement towards the side

Strike

Level

  • Jodan : head

  • Chudan : abdomen
  • Gedan : under the belt

Tsuki (fist)

  • Hiki : top downwards, fist which plunges towards the belly of the adversary

  • Uraken : punch with the reverse of the fist

Geri (leg)

  • Mae : towards L `before with the plant of the foot

  • Mawashi : circular with the bowl of the foot
  • Yoko : on side with the edge of the foot
  • Ushiro : towards L `back with the heel or the plant of the foot
  • Hitsui : with the knee towards L `before
  • Hiza : with the knee towards L `before after agrippement of the head

3 Kata exist for strike :

  • Tsuki-Uchi No kata fist

  • Happôken kata fist
  • Keri goho No kata Foot

Seizures

  • Jyunte dori : direct data entry of the wrist

  • Dôsoku you dori : seizure of the wrist reversed
  • Gyaku you dori : seizure of the wrist and to draw towards oneself
  • Ryote dori : seizure of the two wrists
  • Ryote ippo dori : seizure of a Containing soda wrist with two hands
  • dori : seizure by a sleeve (with the top of the elbow)
  • Ryosode dori : seizure by the two handles (with the top of the elbow)
  • Mae eri dori : seizure D `one of the collars the top
  • Muna dori : seizure of the two collars the top
  • Ushiro ryote dori : seizure postpones of the 2 wrists
  • Ushiro uwate : seizure by behind (surrounding over the arms)
  • Ushiro shitate : seizure by behind (surrounding by lower part arms)
  • Ushiro eri dori : seizure of the collar by behind
  • Ushiro katate dori eri shime : seizure of an arm and throttling by behind

Falls - Ukemi

The falls ukemi (reception of the body) are in fact of the roulades used in practice of the Aikido and Aïkibudo to avoid being wounded. They conformément are called: break-fall .

  • Mae Ukemi : fall before

  • Ushiro Ukemi : fall back
  • Yoko Ukemi : fall on side

Parts of the body

HARA the center of gravity, under the navel TE/KAKATE hand TEGATANA/SHUTO slicing of the hand KOTE/TEKUBI wrist HIJI bends UDE arm KATA shoulders MUNE chest thorax KUBI neck/throat MEN head or face ME eyes MIMI ears AGO chin/jaw KOSHI hip HIZA knee ASHI leg/foot Left HIDARI Right MIGI

Other technical terms

Appendices

Kobudo

Aikibudo also integrates the handling of the weapons. Two styles of Kobudo are practiced in Japan, which should not be confused because their historical and technical origins are different:

  • the Japanese kobudo which integrates mainly the following weapons:

    • the long saber (ken, Bokken, Bokuto, Katana)
    • the saber runs (Kodachi, Wakisashi, Bokodachi)
    • the joint use of the two sabers (Ryoto)
    • the Japanese dagger (Tanto)
    • the long stick (Bo)
    • the halberd (Naginata)
    • the lance (So)
In practice, the concepts and principles of the weapons dependant, and are often connected to the concepts of the manual techniques of the jujutsu, aïkijutsu and colleagues (will yawara, taïjutsu, etc…)

  • the kobudo of Okinawa, where L `one had prohibited the port of the sabers. The Japanese people thus had to make use of his agrarian tools to defend oneself against the attack of Japanese gangsters. The kobudo D `Okinawa just, it preserves strong bonds with karate okinawaien:

    • the Bo (long stick)
    • OJ (short stick)
    • the Tonfa (crank to raise the ebullient pots)
    • the Sai (metal three-pronged fork used by the Japanese police force)
    • the Manji-sai (alternative known sai)
    • the Nunti-bo (bo surmounted D `a manji-sai)
    • the Nunchaku (plague with two branches to beat rice)
    • the Sansetsukon (plague with three branches)
    • the Kama (sickle of gardener)
    • the Ekku (oar of the fisherman)
    • the Kue (hoe of the gardener)
    • the Timbe/Seiryuto (shield in carapace of tortoise and machete)
    • the Suruchin (cord from 4 to 5 meters ballasted with each end)

the kobudo of okinawa does not form part of the Aïkibudo practice.

Daito ryu

The Daito ryu is the secret art of the clan of the Takeda, Art of war to the departure only taught by this clan, they are techniques of key of arm and legs very effective and mortals.

Daito ryu is taught with the practitioner only starting from one certain level, and remains still secret. The sensei learns how to know its Kyu and Yudansha , before teaching its techniques to them, for not that other direct competitors do not steal its techniques (Aikidoka, Jujutsu…)

Ki

The Ki represents energy, the vital source of each individual, it is given to the birth of each being.

Aikibudo like all other martial arts, makes use of the energy of the adversary (its Ki) to turn over it against him. But not only, each practitioner throughout his practice to see itself enriching his clean ki, developing it or rather it channeling, it is there that takes all the direction of Have and Ki the harmony of energy.

Few practitioners become aware of it, before to have reached a certain level of practice. But its perception is done increasingly large with time.

Internal bonds

Bonds

  • Official site of Aïkibudo
  • French federation of Aikido and Budo (FFAB)
  • French federation of Aikido, Aïkibudo and Affinitaires (FFAAA)
  • international Site of Aïkibudo
  • Club of Aikibudo de Levallois in Ile de France
  • Federation Aikibudo Quebec
  • complete Site on Aïkibudo
  • Federação Portuguesa de Aikibudo E Afiliadas
  • Club of Aikibudo of Outaouais C.A.O. (Area of the National Capital of Canada)
  • Club of Aikibudo of Besancon, in Franche-Comté
  • Aïkidoka Magazine the site n°1 of the world of Aïki.

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