Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu: How to Practice Aiki Age Vol 1 DVD by Shoji Arimitsu

Achieving Mastery from Overwhelming Disadvantage! Building martial arts physique and strength through Aiki-age!!

This volume focuses on the foundational and essential training methods of Daito-ryu Aiki Bujutsu, inherited by martial arts legends Takeda Soka-kaku, Sagawa Yukiyoshi, and Yoshimaru Keisetsu. Under the meticulous guidance of Shoji Arimitsu, the second-generation Soke of the Aiki Rentai Kai, this DVD thoroughly explains the methods to achieve and apply "Aiki-age" — the core principle and training essential of Daito-ryu Aiki Bujutsu.

In the first volume, understanding the physique and strength of martial arts is paramount. Basic training in Aiki-age is followed by various strengthening exercises to elevate the level of Aiki-age.

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1: Foundation

• Unified body in martial arts - Aiki Rentai
  • (Aiki Rentai check method: Single-hand grip)
• Using muscle control movements in martial arts
  • (Understanding muscle stretch / Basic training methods for stretching strength)

Chapter 2: Basics

• Sitting posture, hand opening, tightening the armpits
  • (Sitting posture / Hand opening / Hand opening common mistakes and corrections / Armpit tightening)
• Raising the hands
  • (How to exert force / How to raise hands / Advanced raising hands - making hands difficult to escape / Common mistakes in raising hands)
• How to knock down after raising hands
  • (Part 1 - Basic knocking down / Part 2 - Imagining spinning a held ball)

Chapter 3: Enhancement

• Strengthening passive joint force
  • (Non-bending arm / Non-extending arm)
• Releasing opponent's energy to the ground
  • (Releasing energy and standing up 1: From shoulder grip / Releasing energy and standing up 2: From hip joint grip)
• Creating tanden
  • (Practice concentrating power below the navel / Tanden check method)
• Setting the centerline at the tip of the nose
  • (Method to set the centerline (axis) at the tip of the nose / Checking flexibility of the centerline)
• Strengthening hand sensitivity
  • (Gassho breathing method)

Guidance and Supervision: Shoji Arimitsu
Originally from Kagoshima Prefecture. In 2001, he joined the Aiki Rentai Kai after reading "Secrets of Aikido" by the late Keisetsu Yoshimaru Sensei. After Yoshimaru Sensei fell ill in 2004, he assisted in conducting seminars. He was appointed as the second-generation Soke of the Aiki Rentai Kai by Yoshimaru Sensei, dedicating himself to the advancement and dissemination of Daito-ryu more than ever before.

Run time: 63 min.

Language: Japanese

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