Kokyunage is the fourth volume of a comprehensive technical series covering the aikido of the Founder Morihei Ueshiba, as taught in Iwama, Ibaragi Prefecture following World War II. This manual presents somes 80 variations of kokyunage, among the most important techniques in the aikido curriculum.
Volume 4 is profusely illustrated with more than 450 photos and includes step-by-step explanations of each technique. The contents of this volume include kokyunage techniques executed from the following attacks:
- shomenuchi (5)
- yokomenuchi (7)
- katatedori (11)
- ryotedori (8)
- morotedori (6)
- sodeguchidori (3)
- sodedori (2)
- munadori (5)
- katadori (2)
- tsuki (9)
- kosadori (3)
- ryoerijime (3)
- ushiro (14)
Morihiro Saito, is the author of the highly acclaimed technical series, “Traditional Aikido,” published in the early 1970s. Saito enrolled as a student of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba in 1946. One of the art’s foremost technicians, he was the acknowledged authority on aikido weapons training. Saito operated Ueshiba’s private dojo in Iwama, Japan and served as guardian of the Aiki Shrine for more than 30 years. He traveled extensively throughout the world teaching his comprehensive aikido training methods for three decades. Stanley A. Pranin is a 5th degree black belt and editor-in-chief of “Aikido Journal.” Pranin began Aikido practice in 1962 and started training under Morihiro Saito in Iwama in 1977. He served as Saito Sensei’s interpreter at numerous international seminars during the 1980s. Pranin is the author of “The Aiki News Encyclopedia of Aikido” and “Aikido Pioneers – Prewar Era,” a collection of interviews with early disciples of the Founder of Aikido.
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