Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Tomiki Kenji Aikido Nyumon

Title Aikido Nyumon
Author Tomiki Kenji

This is a very rare Aikido book written by Tomiki Kenji.It has a lot of photos in it.


In the preface to this book,Kenji Tomiki says,"In our country,there are several Jujutsu schools,which have been handed down from generation to generation.Daito-ryu Jujutsu is one of them.My sensei Ueshiba Morihei learned Jujutsu under Takeda Sokaku and also studied many other schools.Then he originated Aikido.
I have learned Kodokan Judo since I was a child.I have studied relationship between Judo and Aikido after learning Aikido for about 30 years."