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All Japan Aikido Embukai

1981. Rob Okun taking ukemi for Saito Sensei’s demonstration of the 9th Kumijo, during the 1981, “All Japan Aikido Embukai”, in Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan stadium. This was the first time Saito Sensei publicly show 31 Kata Kumijo and the new 8-9-10 Kumijo. Both these practices were first developed in 1978 when Rob Okun, Craig Brown, Berry Knight and I lived in Iwama for 2 years and Saito Sensei started to teach Asa no Keiko 7 days a week for the uchi deshi.

Photo: Jason Yim

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