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tshadowchaser
08-08-2002, 04:17 PM
Nariyama Shihan (head instructor) of
Shodokan Aikido (Tomiki-style Aikido) is coming to
Australia in just a couple of weeks, now.

He will be instructing senior grades and giving
demonstrations in Sydney (New South Wales state), and
Adelaide (South Australia).

The man with all the details is Ray Mazzone Sensei, of
Shodokan Sydney.

See: http://www.motzamarketing.com/go/to.cgi?l=shodosyd

His phone numbers are (02) 9550-5499 at work,
or (02) 9736-1319 home.

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The above was sent to me and I thought some of you might be interested
Shadow:asian:
arnisador
08-08-2002, 05:08 PM
People frequently say "Shotokan Aikido" I understand!
Caine
09-05-2002, 02:47 AM
Shodokan is correct though:)
Shinzu
10-05-2002, 12:42 AM
is there some background info on this art? also is there any relation from shodokan to shotokan?

any help would be great. thanx!
Caine
10-07-2002, 03:37 AM
Briefly, apologies to any Shodokan practicioners if I am off track. Jigoro Kano, founder of Kodokan Judo saw Ueshiba Morihei (O Sensei) in action and sent some of his top students to study under O Sensei. Kenji Tomiki was one of these students, he became an accomplished Aikidoka. He attempted to introduce Aikido into the universities in Japan but met with a lot of resistance due to the lack of competition. As a result he devised Shodokan Aikido, the basic fundamentals are the same, but there is a heavy focus on randori (competitive freestyle). This lead to a split with O Sensei due to O Sensei`s belief that there should be no competition in Aikido, but saw Shodokan flourish in Japanese Universities. The Shodokan Hombu dojo is in Osaka, Japan, the current head of the Shodokan is Tetsuru Nariyama, a deshi of Tomiki Sensei.


No relation to Shotokan Karate as far as I am aware.


Very potted, but hope it helps.
Shinzu
10-07-2002, 11:59 PM
thanx for the clarification caine. exactly what i was looking for :)
tmanifold
10-08-2002, 02:30 AM
So Shodokan Aikido is the correct term over Tomiki aikido? It is the style founder by Tomiki? Or is an offshoot of said style?
Caine
10-08-2002, 05:38 AM
As far as I am aware they are one and the same.
arnisador
11-01-2003, 12:09 AM
Animated techniques:
http://www.tomiki.org/kata_animated.html