It enabled him to deflect criticism often directed at him that he had created a “Saito-style” aikido that was a marked departure from Morihei's technique. He could now shake his finger at his critics and say, “I'm teaching exactly what ...

In 2003, Sugawara Sensei introduced the Taichi style Aikido 42 Forms that he had recently created. Sensei began by telling us that he had the idea to create a Tai-chi style kata using Aikido techniques over 10 years ago. ...

It contains a fascinating collection of film of O-Sensei performing the techniques of aikido in the masterful style he was famous for. He blends with the force of his attackers in order to use the attacker's own force against him. ...

Without doubt, one of the finest reference sources on Aikido technique is the six-volume series titled Takemusu Aikido authored by Morihiro Saito, 9th dan, in the last decade of his life. The Takemusu Aikido series contain hundreds of ...