About Aikido Mackay
Aikido is a way of defending against physical, mental and emotional attacks from a centred state of harmony within yourself.
While there are a number of different styles of Aikido, Iwama Ryu Aikido which is taught at Aikido Mackay, is the style that was taught by Morihiro Saito based in the Iwama dojo.
Saito Sensei was a long-time uchi-deshi of O Sensei, beginning in 1946 and staying with him through to his death.
Many consider that Saito Sensei was the student who spent most time directly studying with O Sensei.
Aikido is a way of defending against physical, mental and emotional attacks from a centred state of harmony within yourself.
While there are a number of different styles of Aikido, Iwama Ryu Aikido which is taught at Aikido Mackay, is the style that was taught by Morihiro Saito based in the Iwama dojo.
Saito Sensei was a long-time uchi-deshi of O Sensei, beginning in 1946 and staying with him through to his death.
Many consider that Saito Sensei was the student who spent most time directly studying with O Sensei.
Saito Sensei says he is trying to preserve and teach the art exactly as it was taught to him by the founder.
Technically, Iwama-Ryu seems to resemble the Aikido O Sensei teaching in the early 50s mainly in the Iwama dojo.
Aikido Mackay is affiliated with Iwama Ryu Aikido Australia which was founded by the late Michael Field Sensei (5th dan), who was a student of Saito Sensei and studied as an uchi-deshi for a number of years in Iwama.
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