Tetsutaka Sugawara: Aikido and Taiji
 

This blog post is actually an old article by Jayson Chung, so that it will remain generally available:

Tetsutaka Sugawara: Aikido and Taiji - "At the master level, all boxing becomes one. All is moving with the tanden."

Best,

Chris

Re: Tetsutaka Sugawara: Aikido and Taiji
 

Thank you for the post (and actually, for the blog in general - great stuff!)
Sugawara Sensei comes to the Santa Rosa area every year - I had to miss this autumn because of overwhelming family issues but enjoyed his class very much in 2012 and hope to catch more of his classes when he returns.

Re: Tetsutaka Sugawara: Aikido and Taiji
 

Some excellent food for thought. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Tetsutaka Sugawara: Aikido and Taiji
 

Does he ever specifically teach the aiki taichi series or the kaishiwaza katas? They're not that easily gleaned from the videos alone.

Re: Tetsutaka Sugawara: Aikido and Taiji
 

I don't know - the last time that I saw him was in 2003, when the Taichi series had just been created, and I never really trained with him in Aikido - my connection was through Hasegawa and Katori. Some of the California folks could probably tell you, he gets down there every year, I think.

Best,

Chris