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Vitaliy Podobaev enbu on the seminar of Chino Dojo-Cho
Ukemi on concrete floor. The returning
Daily Mail. Meet the pole-dancing pensioner
Photojournalist Vladimir Yakovlev created photo series, The Age Of Happiness, to promote positive ageing. He met a figure skater, dancers, skydiving fanatics, martial artists and a club DJ in their 70s, 80s and 90s.
Meanwhile, in Novosibirsk, Russia, an Aikido group of over-60s includes Nina Melnikova, 73, and Antonina Kulikova, 73, who’ve been practicing the Japanese martial art for seven years.
The women train twice a week for around three hours a session and perform highly complex throws and pins.
Gozo Shioda Sensei on questchannel
II Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Festival. Vitaliy Podobaev enbu
Bokken. Yoshinkan Aikido seminar. “Novosibirsk Expo Centre”. 2014
Siberia Osaku Saiten. Kumi jo
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Andrey Podoynikov Sensei on II Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Festival
Uke: Yuriy Poletaev and Vitaliy Podobaev
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Aikido techniques from morote mochi grab
Irkutsk city, march 2014
Shosetsukan Dojo enbu on Siberia Otaku Saiten Festival
