Mitsugi Saotome ( 五月 女 貢 Saotome Mitsugi , Mitsugi Saotome Romaji ; March 7, 1937 , Japan ) is a Japanese aikido master who studied directly with Morihei Ueshiba . The author of several books. Since 1975, lives in the United States , where he organized the Aikido school "Aikido schools of Ueshiba".
| Mitsugi Saotome | |
|---|---|
| 五月 女 貢 | |
| Date of Birth | March 7, 1937 (82 years old) |
| Citizenship |  Japan |
| School | Aikikai Hombu Dojo |
| Teachers | Morihei Ueshiba |
| Famous students | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Aikido Books
- 2.1 Aikido and harmony in nature
- 2.2 Aikido Principles
- 3 Bibliography
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
At the age of 18, he began to study aikido in Tokyo. In 1960, he became a Uchi-deshi at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo and studied under the direction of Morihei Ueshiba until 1969, when O-Sensei died.
Until 1975, he was a senior instructor at the Hombu Dojo, after which he moved to the United States. In the late 1970s, he founded the Aikido school of Aescido schools of Ueshiba (ASU), with more than 40 dojos [1] . In January 1988, the organization was officially recognized by Aikikai . He teaches aikido at the Aiki Shrine Dojo dojo in Florida and Aikido Shobukan Dojo in Washington , and also gives seminars in many other US cities.
Saotome is the author of three books on Aikido: Aikido and Harmony in Nature (1986), The Principles of Aikido (1989), Aikido: Living By Design (2004, co-authored with Susan Perry). A number of videos were also shot in which Mitsugi Saotome demonstrates a variety of techniques, including working with weapons.
Aikido Books
Aikido and Harmony in Nature
Ethnographer D. Jones, among many important points of the book "Aikido and Harmony in Nature," noted the description in it of one of the foundations of Aikido - the concept of Kannagar No Michi , created by the founder of Aikido Morihei Ueshiba . [2] In the book of Saotome, Kannagara is defined as “Divine flow; a stream of creative energy that penetrates into the future from the past, ”and Kannagara No Michi as“ the Way of life, which fights for truth and reality, and which is God. ” [2] And another important aspect of Aikido, the Japanese concept of ki , is presented as a "cosmic substance of life." [3]
Aikido Principles
Bibliography
- In Russian
- Mitsugi Saotome. The principles of Aikido. - PapiRus, 1996 .-- 226 p. - ISBN 5874721851 .
- Mitsugi Saotome. Aikido and harmony in nature. - Sofia, Helios, 1998 .-- 304 p. - ISBN 9667319342 .
- In English
- Mitsugi Saotome. Aikido and the Harmony of Nature. - Boston: Shambala, 1986 .-- 251 p. - ISBN 0877738556 .
- Mitsugi Saotome. The Principles of Aikido. - Boston: Shambala, 1989 .-- 223 p. - ISBN 0877734097 .
- Mitsugi Saotome, Susan Perry. Living by Design. - Arete Press, 2004 .-- 109 p. - ISBN 0941736164 .
- Video
- Mitsugi Saotome The Principles of Aikido (2003) [1] (link unavailable )
- Mitsugi Saotome The Sword of Aikido (2000)
Notes
- ↑ Pranin Stanley. Saotome, Mitsugi // Encyclopedia of Aikido. - 2008.
- ↑ 1 2 Foreword by David Jones // Aikido and Harmony in Nature. - Sofia, Helios, 1998 .-- S. 15 .-- 304 p. - ISBN 9667319342 .
- ↑ Foreword by David Jones // Aikido and Harmony in Nature. - Sofia, Helios, 1998 .-- S. 16. - 304 p. - ISBN 9667319342 .