Bartosz Ciechanowicz

Bartosz Ciechanowicz born 4.12.1976 in Kolobrzeg. He graduated from the Institute of Physical Culture at the University of Szczecin. During his studies he was a multiple scholarship holder. He obtained a diploma of a physical education teacher. He was professionally associated with the Department of Human Anatomy of the University of Szczecin, where as an asisstant and lecturer he taught courses in human anatomy and exercise pysiology at full-time studies of the Institute of Physical Culture at the University of Szczecin, including Public Health education. A passionate teacher of aikido and enthusiast of Japanese culture and art, expecially bonsai. He became interesstede in aikido in high school. He has been training aikido continuously since 1993. After a few years of training at the Polish Aikido Federation, he began to practice aikido in Szczecin, in the Polish Union of Aikido, as a student of master Jacek Wysocki (8th dan). Since 2005, he has been teaching aikido and conducting trainings at the Pomeranian Academy of Aikido in Kolobrzeg and Koszalin. He is the author of several scientific publications in the field of physical culture, incuding publications on aikido.

Contents

From the author
Chapter 1 Dojo, tradition and culture of reigi
Dojo-place of message
Reigi-heritage and representative gestures
Cahpter 2 Hakama
Elements of hakama cut
Putting on hakama
Folding of hakama
Cahpter 3 Conventionof classes and rules of being in the dojo
Entering the dojo and start of classes
Structure of the class in the dojo
Finishing the classes in the dojo
The presentation
Chapter 4 Aikijo practice
Choosing a staff
Maintenance and storage of the jo
Aikijo techniques in general
Uke and tori
Time dependencies in uke-tori relation
Space control, directions and zones of attack
Vital points and the centre line
How to hold the jo?
With or without a guard?
Effectiveness and safety
Chapter 5 Positions with a staff, jo no kamae
Presentation positons-frontal
Seiza
Shizentai
Combat positions-side
Jo no kamae
Chudan no kamae
Gedan no kamae
Uke nagashi no kamae
Hasso no kamae
Jodan (furi komi) no kamae
Waki no kamae
Chapter 6 Moving with the jo, tai sabaki
Body movement methods
Chapter 7 Suburi jo
Pushes-tsuki
Jodan choku tsuki
chudan choku tsuki-jodan uke nagashi-jodan choku tsuki
Jodan kaeshi tsuki
Ushiro chudan kaeshi tsuki
Katate kaeshi tsuki
Furi komi tsuke
Ushiro furi kome tsuke
Strikes-uchi
Shomen uchi
Ushiro gyaku shomen uchi
Ushiro shomen uchi
Shomen uchi komi
Shomen uchi-ushiro kaeshi tsuki
Shomen uchi komi-gedan kaeshi uchi
Kaeshi uchi-toma katate shomen uchi
Toma katate shomen uchi
Kaeshi uchi-chikama katate shomen uchi
Yokomen uchi
Gyaku yokomen uchi
Jodan choku tsuki-gyaku yokomen uchi
Chudan choku tsuki-gyaku yokomen uchi-ushiro chudankaeshi tsuki
Renzoku uchi komi
Jodan kaeshi uchi
Katate kaeshi uchi
Ushiro gyaku jodan kaeshi uchi
Kaeshi-jodan kaeshi uchi
Furi komi tsuki-jodan kaeshi uchi
Chudan tsuki-hasso kaeshi uchi
Uke nagashi-hasso kaeshi uchi
Furi komi tsuki-hasso kaeshi uchi
Furi komi tsuki-hasso kaeshi uchi-shomen uchi
Furi komi tsuki-hassokaeshi uchi-furi komi tsukiFuri komi tsuki-hasso kaeshi uchi-ushrio gedan kaeshi tsuki
Jodan kaeshi uchi-hasso kaeshi uchi
Hasso kamae-ushiro gedan barai
Hasso kamae-ushiro gyaku yokomen uchi
Ura hasso kaeshi uchi
Hasso kaeshi uchi
Katate hachi no ji kaeshi
Katate hachi no ji kaeshi-gyaku yokomen uchi
Chudan tsuki-tsuki kamae-katate gedan kaeshi uchi
Jodan kaeshi uchi-toma katate uchi
Hachi katate uchi
Blocks-uke nagashi and sweeps-barai
Uke nagashi
Uke nagashi-yokomen uchi
Gedanuke nagashi
Jodanuke nagashi
Kaeshi barai
Ura uke nagashi-toma katate shomen uchi
Hidari nagari kaeshi uchi
Migi nagare kaeshi tsuki
Gedan barai
Ushiro chudan barai
Jodan kaeshi barai
Ushiro hasso kaeshi uchi-jodan kaeshi barai
Jodan kaeshi barai (tate hiza kamae)
Next steps-kumi jo waza
Epilogue
Dictionary of Japanese terminology… (meer)

Bartosz Ciechanowicz born 4.12.1976 in Kolobrzeg. He graduated from the Institute of Physical Culture at the University of Szczecin. During his studies he was a multiple scholarship holder. He obtained a diploma of a physical education teacher. He was professionally associated with the Department of Human Anatomy of the University of Szczecin, where as an asisstant and lecturer he taught courses in human anatomy and exercise pysiology at full-time studies of the Institute of Physical Culture at the University of Szczecin, including Public Health education. A passionate teacher of aikido and enthusiast of Japanese culture and art, expecially bonsai. He became interesstede in aikido in high school. He has been training aikido continuously since 1993. After a few years of training at the Polish Aikido Federation, he began to practice aikido in Szczecin, in the Polish Union of Aikido, as a student of master Jacek Wysocki (8th dan). Since 2005, he has been teaching aikido and conducting trainings at the Pomeranian Academy of Aikido in Kolobrzeg and Koszalin. He is the author of several scientific publications in the field of physical culture, incuding publications on aikido.

Contents

From the author
Chapter 1 The samurai
Katana
The main stages of making a katana
Stage I Steel melting
Stage II Forging the blade adn the tang
Stage III Hardening the blade
Stage IV Grinding, polishing and sharpening the blade
Stage V Binding the sword
Eelments of the construction ofthe sword
Tang
Hilt and fastenng elements
Sword guard
Scabbard of the sword
Chapter 2 Bokken
The elements of bokken constructin
Types of bokken
Jigen ryu
Itto ryu
Niten ichi ryu
Kashima shin ryu
Katori shinto ryu
Jiki shinkage ryu
Kurama ryu
Yagyu shinkage ryu
Iwama ryu
Chapter 3 O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba. The samurai in the service of peace
The Ueshiba family and Morihei's childhood
Adolescent yars
Time in Tokyo
Illness and return to Tanabe
Service in the army
Return toTanabe
Time on Hokkaido
Meeting master Sokaku Takeda
Meeting Onisaburo Deguchi
Moving to Ayabe
Leaving for Mongolia
Return to Ayabe
Moving to Tokyo
Opeinig of the Kobukan Dojo
Visits to Manchuria
The foundation of Kobukai and the creation of the aikido name
World War II and time in Iwama
The period after the end of the Second World War
Morihei in films
State decorations of Morihei
Morihei and shodo
The last years of O'Sensei's life
Profiles of O'Sensei's students
Main schools of aikido
Evolution in the message of aikido
Students of master Morihei Ueshiba
Seikyo Asano
Wasaburo Asano
Makoto Miura
Isamu Takeshita
Kenji Tomiki
Aritoshi Murashige
Yoichiro Inoue
Minoru Mochizuki
Hisao Kamada
Ikkusai, Hajime Iwata
Takuma Hisa
Kenji Tomita
Kenzo Futaki
Minoru Hirai
Saburo Wakuta
Yoshio Sugino
Shigemi Yonekawa
Kiyoshi Nakakura
Yasuhiro Konishi
Kaoru Funahashi
Tsutomu Yukawa
Rinjiro Shirata
Takako Kunigoshi
Bansen Tanaka
Gozo Shioda
Itsuo Tsuda
Zenzaburo Akazawa
Koichi Tohei
Shigenobu Okumura
Kisshomaru Ueshiba
Kisaburo Osawa
Kanshu Sunadomari
Tadashi Ab
Morihiro Saito
Hiroshi Tada
Sadatru Arikawa
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Hiroshi Isoyama
Fukiko Sunadomari
Seiseki Abe
Mutsuro Nakazono
Kenshiro Abbe
Hiroshi Kato
Reishin Kawai
Anno Motomichi
Yasunari Kitaura
Kenneth Cottier
Iwao Tamura
Andre Nocquet
Michio Hikitsuchi
Seigo Yamaguchi
AkiraTohei
Shoji Nishio
Masando Sasaki
Yoshio Kuroiwa
Masamichi Noro
Nobuyoshi Tamura
Yasuo Kobayashi
Masatake Fujita
Katsuaki Asai
Yoshimitsu Yamada
Seijuro Masuda
Kazuo Chiba
Nobuyuki Watanabe
Seichi Sugano
Mitsunari Kanai
Yutaka Kurita
Shuji Maruyama
Koretoshi Maruyama
Mitsugi Saotome
Terry Dobson
Shizuo Imaizumi
Kenji Shimizu
Norihiko Ichihashi
Seishiro Endo
Morito Suganuma
Minoru Kurita
Robert Nadeau
Tomio Ishimoto
Roy Suenaka
Takeji Tomita
Fumio Toyoda
Virginia Mayhew
Robert Frager
Alan Ruddock
Henry Kono
Gaku Homma
Shogo-master classification
The historical background of aikiken
The genesis of aikiken
Times of conflicts and wars
Times of peace
Sources of knowledge for aikiken
Yagyu Shinkage ryu
Daito ryu
Kashima shinto ryu
Katori shinto ryu
Kendo
Shouchikubai-a sword in harmony with nature
Ume no tachi (ume no ken)
Matsu no tachi (matsu no ken)
Take no tachi (take no ken)
Chapter 6 Basics of the practice. Kihon aikiken
Choosing a bokken
Awareness of dangers and methods supporting the organization of classes
Training forms and group formations
Reigi. What is traditional in aikiken
Bokken handling
Chiburi and noto
Uke and tori
Areas of improvement of aikiken techniques
The hilt grip
Advantages of hanmi-lateral body position
The distance between tori and uke in the context of hanmi
Field of view, perception and elements of combat psychology
the guard ofthe body
Coordination of breath and body work
Hibuki
Lines and directions. Zones and goals
Suburi. The road toperfectin
Basics of defence. Static and dynamic defence
Defence with distance
toma
maai
chikama
Defence with raction
Irimi
Furi komi
Katsu hayabi
Aki harmony. Otanashi no ken
Chapter 7 Positions with a sword. Bokken no kamae
Triangle
Square
Circle
Bokken no kamae
Seiza
Shizentai
Jodan no kamae
Chudan no kamae
Gedanno kamae
Uke nagashi no kamae
Waki no kamae
Hasso no kamae
Chapter 8 Moving with the sword. Tai sabaki aikiken
Movement n straight lines (omote)
Movement in curves andcircles (ura)
Tsugi ashi
Ayumi ashi
Kaiten
Tenkan
Irimi tenkan
Chapter 9 Sword techyniques. Aikiken waza
Jodan tsuki
Tsuki variants
Ushiro tsuki variants
Kesa giri variants
Shomen uchi
Shomen uchi variants
Ushiro shomen uchi variants
Yokomen uchi
Yomenuchi variants
Uke nagashi
Uke nagashi variants
Epilogue
Dictionary of Japanese terminology… (meer)

Morihei Ueshiba was an original artist and an exceptional master of budo. What he was doing was more than just passion. He involved fintess and sensitivity into war craft. Today it is dificult to undermine the thesis that he devoted his whole life searching for a method of combining the martial art with the ideas of justice and peace Devoting to budo, he entered a difficult and winding road. Initially, he did not meet the enthusiasm of the scene, and moreover, many contradictions of fate emerged. However, his persistence, determination and exceptional genius lead his art to the heights of popularity. He became a valued person not only in budo, but also in the world of culture and art. Morihei Ueshiba was a frequent visitor in various social circles, and extensive contacts, among others between the high officers of the army made him attract the attention of government offficials and the imperial court. The West also became intrested in aikido. In the last years of the master's life there were mnumerous invitations from the western world, aksking for the presentation of his art.

Morihei Ueshiba developed his art thoughtout his life. Even on his deathbed, he did not se its final shape. By giving his art the name aikido, he wanted tounerstand it as a way of life that allows finding a universal harmony with the world. On the basis of raditonal martial schools and his inner experiences, he created principles and rules for seeking ki energy and the harmony of the so-called aiki. through aikido he set a new and extremely original direction for human development through marital arts. He created that his original solutions of aikido techniques are awe-inspriting alover the world today.

Morihei Ueahiba opened a new chapter in budo. He shaped many masters who gave birth to several aikido organizations operating today in Europe, Asia, both Americas, Australia, and also in Africa. Morihei Ueshiba's life was extremely rich in events. Unfortunately, not being the witness of these events, I can only present a probable story about his life. Writing it, I based mainly on information collected over twenty years of personal involvement in aikido. They come from various sources: media, read books and-most importantly for me-information heard from O'Sensei by his close student Hirokazu Kobayashi, and in the further lline assed on by master Giampietro Savegnago and my master Jacek Wysocki. The latter verbally passed on stories confirm many of the commonly known information, but also add some news to the master's biography.

Despite many facts and documents collected, it is currently difficult to rule out controversy over some details about the life of Morihei Ueshiba. To the extent that even the stories from his direct students often differ in details. Therefore, all of the following information should be treated as a collection of the most frequently presented information found in various dojos around the world...

Contents

From the author
O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba. The samurai in the service of peace
The Ueshiba family and Morihei's childhood
Adolescent years
Time in Tokyo
Illness and return to Tanabe
Service in the army
Return to Tanabe
Time on Hokkaido
Meeting master Sokaku Takeda
Meeting Onisaburo Deguchi
Moving to Ayabe
Leaving for Mongolia
Return to Ayabe
Moving to Tokyo
Opeinig of the Kobukan Dojo
Visits to Manchuria
The foundation of Kobukai and the creation of the aikido name
World War II and time in Iwama
The period after the end of the Second World War
Morihei in films
State decorations of Morihei
Morihei and shodo
The last years of O'Sensei's life
Profiles of O'Sensei's students
Main schools of aikido
Evolution in the message of aikido
Students of master Morihei Ueshiba
Shogo-master classifications
Seikyo Asano
Wasaburo Asano
Makoto Miura
Isamu Takeshita
Kenji Tomiki
Aritoshi Murashige
Yoichiro Inoue
Minoru Mochizuki
Hisao Kamada
Ikkusai, Hajime Iwata
Takuma Hisa
Kenji Tomita
Kenzo Futaki
Minoru Hirai
Saburo Wakuta
Yoshio Sugino
Shigemi Yonekawa
Kiyoshi Nakakura
Yasuhiro Konishi
Kaoru Funahashi
Tsutomu Yukawa
Rinjiro Shirata
Takako Kunigoshi
Bansen Tanaka
Gozo Shioda
Itsuo Tsuda
Zenzaburo Akazawa
Koichi Tohei
Shigenobu Okumura
Kisshomaru Ueshiba
Kisaburo Osawa
Kanshu Sunadomari
Tadashi Ab
Morihiro Saito
Hiroshi Tada
Sadatru Arikawa
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Hiroshi Isoyama
Fukiko Sunadomari
Seiseki Abe
Mutsuro Nakazono
Kenshiro Abbe
Hiroshi Kato
Reishin Kawai
Anno Motomichi
Yasunari Kitaura
Kenneth Cottier
Iwao Tamura
Andre Nocquet
Michio Hikitsuchi
Seigo Yamaguchi
AkiraTohei
Shoji Nishio
Masando Sasaki
Yoshio Kuroiwa
Masamichi Noro
Nobuyoshi Tamura
Yasuo Kobayashi
Masatake Fujita
Katsuaki Asai
Yoshimitsu Yamada
Seijuro Masuda
Kazuo Chiba
Nobuyuki Watanabe
Seichi Sugano
Mitsunari Kanai
Yutaka Kurita
Shuji Maruyama
Koretoshi Maruyama
Mitsugi Saotome
Terry Dobson
Shizuo Imaizumi
Kenji Shimizu
Norihiko Ichihashi
Seishiro Endo
Morito Suganuma
Minoru Kurita
Robert Nadeau
Tomio Ishimoto
Roy Suenaka
Takeji Tomita
Fumio Toyoda
Virginia Mayhew
Robert Frager
Alan Ruddock
Henry Kono
Gaku Homma
Shodo by O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba
Epilogue… (meer)