To Every Aiki-Lover

Hello,
I am Can Nguyen; I practiced Aikido for so long, back in the late 1960. It is just off and on because of life and work, my knowledge about Aikido is still so limited. I am so glad to "discover" this web site, so I can learn more about Aikido from new found friends in this community.

Hello Can, welcome to aikiweb, enjoy your visits here

Hello Can,

Welcome to AikiWeb. Where did you train in the 60's? You might know one of my dojo mates, Tam Huynh.

Regards,

Hi Can,

Welcome, and thank you for your introduction.

-- Jun

Perhaps you trained under Sensei Dang Thong Phong ?

of http://www.tenshinkai.com/history.asp


One of my students did back then briefly.

small world.

Hello Can! Welcome!

Craig Hocker wrote: Perhaps you trained under Sensei Dang Thong Phong ? of http://www.tenshinkai.com/history.asp One of my students did back then briefly. small world.

Hi Craig, You might mention Tam Huynh to him...

Best,

Thank-you every body, a warm welcome committee is so active in here. It made me felt like at home.
Yes, I did trained with Sensei Phong back in 68 and early 70s. We usually practiced on the second floor dojo in Saigon. I showed up every morning, started from 6:30am.
In the old day, we had hard time to learn good techniques. To compensate for a lack of the vertical depth, we had to go into the horizon path, by spent good deal of time with Judo, Shaolin, Chin Na , Tai chi …The end result, each of us developed a new denominator of Aikido form. These forms will be debunked when we face a 350lbs Uke. At that moment, we start to realize that only few of the "invented" movements can actually worked. That how I learned Aikido through trial and error.

PS: I could only remember a few names over the top of my head. It was over 30 years ago. Back then I had the book by Tohei Sensei in Vietnamese about the Ki (translated by Sensei Tri -- Sensei Phong elder brother) I spent all my time to compare between the Tai-Chi Gi Cong and the unbendable arm.