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Shizuo Imaizumi Sensei stands among a select group of teachers qualified to teach and explain the origin and evolution of Ki Aikido to our modern generation. This is your opportunity to get the very best study aid available to gain real skills in this system and deepen your grasp of the art.

This volume includes:

• Principles of Ki explained and demonstrated
• Ki No Taiso explained and demonstrated
• Basic techniques of Ki Aikido developed by Koichi Tohei, 10th dan
• In-depth interview with Shizuo Imaizumi by Stanley Pranin
• Learn backstories to some of the most important events of aikido history

3 hours 38 minutes, 2012 | File size: 4.38 GB

In this beautifully shot video collection (originally offered as two DVDs), Imaizumi Sensei offers his personal framework for getting back to the foundations of aikido: the study of ASHI SABAKI, or "footwork."

1 hour 45 minutes, 2006 | File size: 748 MB

The Aikido of Shin-Budo Kai provides an insider’s view into one of the lesser-known Aikido organizations in the United States. As a Guide to Principles and Practice it offers guidance on navigating the dojo and includes a practical overview of the SBK curriculum. It also presents essential Aikido practice guidelines that will be useful to any practitioner, regardless of style or organizational affiliation. This Guide, however, intentionally deviates from the usual technical manual approach. Focusing less on how to, it delves into a number of underlying principles that are foundational to most forms of Budo, the Japanese martial Ways. Many of these key concepts are often misunderstood or under-appreciated, yet are critical components of meaningful engagement in Aikido and related Budo arts.

Examples include:

• atemi (strategic strikes)
• kiai (combative shout)
• kuzushi (breaking balance)
• ma-ai (space-time interval)
• hara (spiritual center)
• mushin (no mind)
• ki (universal energy)

Edited by Ralph T. Bryan, Foreword by Shizuo Imaizumi.
Samashi Press, 2013 | 135 pages