Philippe Voarino studied at the dojo of the Founder of Aikido, in Iwama. Master Saito passed on his method to him, encouraging him to discover, beyond this teaching tool, the true art of O Sensei.
The rotation must be carried out in the way that undoes the grip. To do this, you must rotate by cutting on uke's lower arm. Cutting on uke's upper arm is a mistake that has the effect of locking uke's grip even more tightly, and thus increasing the power of his stranglehold.
Kan geiko is a pared-down, rigorous, even repetitive training, designed in such a way as to emphasise the essential, and which traditionally takes place on 11 January, at the time of Kagami biraki...
In the Aiki-jo movement called tsuki jodan gaeshi uchi, the jodan gaeshi time is not a protection time, it's an attack time...
Tai no henka is not a technique, and yet there is no Aikido technique in which this "movement" is not present...
The sword is faster than the body; it always arrives a little before the body, and that's fundamental...
In the transition from chudan no kamae to waki no kamae, the sword is for a moment above the head, in perfect vertical alignment with the spine, like a symbol of the union of Heaven and Earth...
