Archival video footage.
Hi everybody! Here is the fourth and last segment of Shirata Sensei’s special class. Now, when I say Special Class, please keep in mind that these classes occurred on a yearly basis and were held for the purpose of the strengthening the ties that bound the regional Aikido organization together. Read more…
It seems like even more Shirata vids are being posted, which is great! Here are several more posted on Youtube. Isn’t it great that people are sharing? I’ll digitize and post more of mine too shortly. I also will pick up where I left on Shirata sensei’s solo body movement Read more…
Hello Everyone, I have a couple of great vids to share today. I have Chris Li to thank for pointing out the first one and Oisin Bourke to thank for pointing out the other. Both are posted on Youtube. Enjoy!
Hi Everyone, Here is Part 3 of Shirata Sensei’s special class. He starts off with Makoto no Kokyu and ends with some Jo work. Enjoy! I found a whole other box of videos, so there will be more to come!
Here is part 2 of Shirata Sensei’s special class which I’ve divided into four parts. Enjoy!
First in a four part series of videos covering a two hour special class taught by Shirata Rinjiro.
Hello, I am happy to share part 2 of the class that Shirata Sensei taught in 1991 at the Yamagata Sports Center. As I said, my brother-in-law offered to drive me so I invited a couple other foreign students that were training in Sendai at the time to join me. Read more…
Hey Everybody, Thanks to the contributions of TrueAiki.com readers (and my good luck at second hand shopping), I am pleased to be able to present the first of many True Aiki Archive videos! This one was shot by my brother in law in 1991. He offered to take me to Read more…
Hello Wonderful TrueAiki Readers!, I’ve started to post a few clips from the 2017 Winter seminar in NL. The I’ve chosen the clips either because they are relevant to topics covered on TrueAiki.com or because they are funny, or both. Oh, and we filmed TDD at the time so I’ll Read more…