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Old 06-06-2012, 06:00 PM   #1
Guillaume Erard
Dojo: Aikikai Hombu Dojo
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Documentary on Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu Takumakai

Thanks to the impressive investigative work carried out by Stanley Pranin, the influence of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu in the development of Aikido is now fairly well know and understood. This has led some Aikido practitioners to focus their attention towards learning the Daito-ryu techniques in order to complete what they might regard as a certain lack in nowadays' Aikido teaching. Among these, Olivier Gaurin, a long time student at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo and author of several books on Aikido decided to continue in Mr Pranin's footsteps, to learn the ancient techniques and to promote them to the Aikido public. I had been aware of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu for many years through the work of Stanley Pranin but it is Olivier Gaurin who introduced me to the Daito-ryu teachers of the Takumakai school and it wasn't long before we both decided to document our experience, which eventually came under the form of the following documentary.


(Original blog post may be found here.)
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