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Until his death in 1979, Kenji Tomiki Sensei was one of the most articulate and respected spokesman for martial arts in Japan. A professor of physical education at Waseda University for many years, he developed a competitive system of aikido based on a point system where one opponent attacks the other with a rubber knife with the other defending. The two then reverse roles and points are totaled and a winner determined.
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“Let me share with you now why Professor Tomiki wanted to change and enhance the methods of Aikido training. Unlike the first generation of Ueshiba Sensei’s students, who had previously experienced some other competitive martial arts such as Judo, Kendo, Sumo and others, the second, third and future generation students of Kata, by practicing only the traditional Aikido, would not know how hard and, indeed, so difficult, it would be to apply Aikido techniques effectively to equally well-trained opponents when resisted or counter-attacked with 100% free will. Also, unlike the old days, when they had numerous actual chances to try their skills in combat situations, in the modern society, we do not have the chances to test our skills.”
Many of us former Strategic Air Command (SAC) aircrew and air police combative instructors of the 1950′s and 1960′s were fortunate to have the late Professor Tomiki as part of the overall SAC Instructor’s Advanced Combative Training Program designed by the Emilio Bruno and USAF General Curtis E. LeMay. This program was centered at the Kodokan Judo Institute, Tokyo, Japan and at both the old training facility as well as the newer building. Supplemental classes in bayonet training were also held at Camp Zama. We were fortunate to have had the opportunity to receive first hand training from the most famous martial arts masters of the time. As a young man, these genuine masters of Budo played a major role in my future development as a person, not just a martial arts practitioner. In several cases, during my extensive military career, I dare say at various times, I owed them my life and therefore well being.
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Old AJ links…
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