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Birthday of Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Federation
Six years ago the name “Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Federation” was officially registered.
Many different events, good, unusual and remarkable have happened from that time.
All, who related to Shosetsu Kan Dojo somehow or other – Congratulations!!!
August news
There were two enbu of Shosetsu Kan Dojo members this month.
First, there was the enbu on a stadium of “Tayra” factory of Novosibirsk ad honorem of Russian Day of Athlete. In the festival program there were the enbu and tournaments different groups and sports, from powerlifting to football. And, though there was a rain, Shosetsu Kan members perform the enbu on the grass of stadium remarkably! We’d like to say great thanks member of Soviet District of Novosibirsk administration Evgeniy A. Gorlanov for invitation to the festival, senior instructor of Shosetsu Kan Yuriy V. Poletaev for enbu organization, senior students of Shosetsu Kan: Yuriy Lebedev, Vyacheslav Kuzmin, Andrey Shevyrin – for perfect performing of Yoshinkan techniques, members of “Aikido out of limits” group, our Aiki-grandies – for a courage, because they performed Kihon dosa to kanren waza in the downpour only on the grass!
On the 22d of August there was another enbu on the Celebration of Russian Flag Day. Ad honorem of this event members of Shosetsu Kan performed an enbu on the beach of Akademgorodok in the context of Extreme Sports Festival.
New training year
I don’t know why, but summer in Russia – holiday time 
. And this time some part of students likes to rest and relax. As a result of this fact we have to correct training schedule, to join some groups etc.
I am glad to declare that this summer goes to its unlogical end (unlike of European part of Russian Federation, where this summer went crazy, there wasn’t normal summer in Siberia as usual), and from September 2010 a new training year will start. In view of this fact we, instructor staff of Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Federation, are glad to see on tatami our students again and all beginners, who will wish to join us first time.
Training schedule is preparing and will publish on the site of Shosetsu Kan and my site soon.
Keep your eyes on the news!
Technical Advisor of Shosetsu Kan Dojo
We’d like to declare that after the Yoshinkan Aikido seminar under his guidance and personal relations with management of Shosetsu Kan Jacques Payet Sensei agreed kindly to become Technical Advisor of Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Federation. On behalf of all Shosetsu Kan Dojo members we’d like to say great thanks to Payet Sensei for a honour, showed to our organization.
Jacques Payet Sensei was born in 1957.
In 1978 he first time saw on the old film the embu of Shioda Gozo Kancho. After that he made a promise to himself to go to Japan and meet Kancho Sensei personally. In 1980 he arrived to Japan and started to train under the guidance of Shioda Gozo Kancho in Koganei Dojo (Tokio).
From 1980 to 1985 he trained with notable Yoshinkan Aikido Masters: Shioda Yasuhisa (Soke), Takeno Takafumi (9 Dan, Saiko-Komon of Honbu), Chida Tsutomu (8 Dan, Head of Aikido Renshinkai), Sonoda Takehiko (8 Dan, Shihan of Honbu), Ando Tsuneo (8 Dan, Syuseki Shihan of Honbu, Head of Aikido Yoshinkan Ryu) et al.
After that he went to Europe like Technical Director of UK Yoshinkan Aikido Federation. In 1989 he returned to Japan and had trained under the guidance of Kancho Sensei till 1993.
In 1991 Payet Sensei assisted with establishing of International Yoshinkan Aikido Federation.
He has a rank of 7 Dan of Yoshinkan Aikido, and status of Honbu Shihan.
He has Dojo in Kyoto, Japan, in Los-Angeles and San-Diego, USA.
Jacques Payet Sensei is a main translator of remarkable book of Shioda Gozo Kancho Sensei “Aikido Shugyo. Harmony in confrontation”.
Report of Yuriy Poletaev about Aikido Yoshinkan seminar 4-6.06.2010
There was Yoshinkan Aikido seminar on the 4-6 of June, 2010 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia under the guidance of Ando Tsuneo Sensei (Syuseki Shihan of Hombu Dojo, 8 Dan, Head of Aikido Yoshinkan-Ryu). Deputy Head of Shosetsu Kan Dojo Yuriy Poletaev (3 Dan) participated in the seminar. (more…)
Two-language blog
From this day I am going to note posts in my blog in two languages: Russian and English. English version of the blog will be filled step-by-step.
Please, don’t hurry me and forgive for possible mistakes. And if you’ll see these possible mistakes before I will, please tell me.
Shosetsu Kan members enbu on the 25th of April, 2010
On the 25th of April on invitation of Siberian Federation of traditional Karate-Do Fudokan and its president K. Lyskov personally members of Shosetsu Kan Dojo participated in enbu, that were organized on the Karate-Do Fudokan tournament of Soviet District of Novosibirsk “Rising Stars of Fudokan”.
At these enbu:
- Vitaliy Podobaev (2 dan of Yoshinkan)
- Vyacheslav Kuzmin (2 kyu of Yoshinkan)
- Nikita Bessonov (2 kyu of Yoshinkan)
- Tatiana Romanyuk (5 kyu of Yoshinkan)
were participated.
Goshinjiutsu, Kihon waza and Jiuwaza were showed.
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Report of Vitaliy Podobaev about the seminar under the guidance of Jacques Payet Sensei
“Dear Podoynikov A. san, first let me introduce myself. My name is Jacques Payet, a former uchideshi of late Shioda Gozo, and I am based in Kyoto Japan. Since September this year, Yasuhusa Shioda Kancho asked me to take over the organization of the IYF and help with the international affairs at the Honbu.”
From this letter 10.10.2009 our contacts with Yoshinkan Aikido Master of 7 Dan, Shihan of Hombu Dojo and simply very unusual man were started. And these contacts leaded us to the event, which will be in our hearts a long time – an Aikido Yoshinkan seminar under the guidance of a person, who is the legend of Aikido World for me, and communication with him is a good fortune, because the month before this letter I started to translate for our students from English to Russian an adaptation of tales and memories of Shioda Gozo Sensei from his own life – the very useful book “Aikido Shugyo. Harmony in Confrontation”. (more…)
Report about Aikido Yoshinkan seminar under the guidance of Shioda Kancho in Novosibirsk
So, it was happened!
Yes, my dear comrades, as I told you before, there was the Aikido Yoshinkan seminar under the guidance of the Director of this Aikido style, Shioda Yasuhisa Sensei, in Novosibirsk from 20th to 23d of February. (more…)
Some about senses and feelings
I review the movie of Master Akira Kurosawa “Sichinin no samurai” very often. The scene of warriors’ choosing, who will protect the village, makes me glad especially. And that’s a question: which part of the body does an individual feel the ambush?
Do you remember that moment? Samurai is invited to the house, the youngest warrior have to hide near the doorway and bit the entering man to the head. And he bits. It’s interesting next.
The first samurai is bitted – he is a dead drunk. The second enters, throws young samurai artfully and goes away proudly. The third stops behind the door and starts laughing: “You’re sly men! You try to cheat me!” And the last samurai comes to this house at the time, when the ambush was removed.
One thinks, that Aikido – it’s not only the techniques involved in it. I understand that there wasn’t such martial art at that ancient time. But I think, that last two warriors were on the top of their possibilities, senses and feelings. These features allowed them to avoid troubles.
I think this is the sense of the world around. I think this is pure Aikido.
