大東流合気柔術, 本部, Daito-ryu, Aiki-jujutsu

Dear students of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu

Although this is a matter within Japan, we would like to express our heartfelt condolences to those who lost their lives in the Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year’s Day, and extend our sympathies to everyone affected by the disaster. We have been informed that all the Kanazawa branch members are safe. We sincerely pray for the earliest possible recovery and reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas.

At the beginning of the new year, we would like to thank you for your continued cooperation in this year as well. We are sending Daito-ryu News No. 4 (New Year’s issue). Please forward it to all the students via the branch / study group chief. (We have sent a Japanese version of the same content to domestic students.)

This year, we are planning to hold the overseas seminar (Italy) from April 27th to 29th and the Katsuura camp from August 6th to 12th. (For details, please see <3> Headquarters Contact.)

Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Headquarters

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The contents of this time are as follows.
<1> New Year’s message from Somucho Sensei, Hombucho Sensei and Hasegawa Sensei
<2> Report from overseas branch (New Year’s message)
<3> Information from Headquarters
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<1> New Year’s message from Somucho Sensei, Hombucho Sensei and Homucho-hosa Sensei

(Kondo Katsuyuki Somucho Sensei)

Happy New Year.
I hope everyone had a good holiday season.

This year I am planning a trip to Slovakia in February. And, I’m looking forward to seeing you again in Katsuura in August.
Overseas students are very welcome to come to Japan on other occasions. Of course, domestic students are always welcome. Please feel free to contact me in advance.

I hope that this year will be a year of further growth for you and for Daito-ryu.

Kondo Katsuyuki, Somucho

(Kondo Masayuki Hombucho Sensei)

Happy New Year 2024! I wish you all a wonderful year.
This year, the usual events such as the Overseas seminar in Italy, Katsuura camp and domestic joint practice are scheduled to be held as planned. We also plan to participate in as many demonstrations as possible. Your cooperation would be appreciated.
Additionally, we will continue to organize more than 10,000 techniques of Daito-ryu. We plan to compile them so that everyone can learn them in an easy-to-understand format. We look forward to practicing with you this year.

<2024 Plan and Schedule>
January 5th Practice begins
January 20th Kobudo Promotion Association New Year Party
February 3rd Japan Kobudo Society 45th Anniversary Ceremony
February 4th 47th Japanese Kobudo Demonstration at Nippon Budokan
April Yasukuni Shrine Spring Festival Dedication Demonstration
April 27-29 Italy Seminar
July Yasukuni Shrine Mitama Festival Dedication Demonstration
August 6th-12th Katsuura Camp
October 5th-6th Kashima Jingu Dedication Demonstration
October Yasukuni Shrine Autumn Festival Dedication Demonstration
November 3rd Meiji Jingu Dedication Demonstration
November Domestic Joint Dractice
December 27th: Practice Ends
*Regular online seminar held on the second Sunday of every month at 21:00 (Japan time)
*We will also hold online seminars for each branch / study group upon request.

Kondo Masayuki, Hombucho

(Hasegawa Sumie Hombusho-hosa Sensei)

Happy New Year, everyone. Let’s do our best to spend this year fruitful.
I’m sure there are some of you who have been practicing Daito-ryu for many years. It’s a good time for us to go back to the feeling of the beginning and basics.
Your continued support this year would be appreciated.

Hasegawa Sumie, Hombucho-hosa

<2> New Year’s message from overseas branch

(Italy Group) (reposting what was sent in a separate email)

Dear Sensei and dear Friends,
In the name of the Daito-Ryu Italian organization and Italian students, I wish You an AWESOME 2024!

First of all, Lisco Sensei, Alex, Paolo and me, want to thanks Honbu-cho sensei and Fuku Honbu-cho sensei to accept Our invitation for the next italian seminar in Modena and Reggio Emilia, than we would like invite all of You and your students to join the seminar and create a new unforgettable event together. Thanks also to Somu-cho Kondo Katsuyuki sensei for giving us permission to organize a new seminar in Italy this year on the 15th anniversary of our group.

The Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu Seminar will be at the end of April and will start on Saturday 27th (after lunchtime) in Modena. Sunday 28th will be in Modena (full day), then Monday 29th will be held in Reggio Emilia.
On Tuesday 30th, if there are enough people interested, we have the opportunity to have the first Ono-ha Itto ryu Seminar held by our Honbu-cho in Europe. Otherwise if sensei prefer, we can have some other special keiko, for teachers, black belts, white belts, ecc

As soon as possible will arrive on these email or whatsapp a link for a first survey, and if you will be fast… we can give you all details before the end of January and send the website for the registrations.
Thanks for your cooperation!

Warmest regards
CIAO
Luca Canovi

<3> Information from Headquarters

・Italy seminar (in Modena) is scheduled to be held from April 27th (Sat) to April 29th (Mon), 2024 (open seminar on the 27th, student-only seminars on the 28th and 29th, and we are also considering the possibility of holding additional seminars on the following day). From the headquarters, Kondo Masayuki Hombucho and Usuyama Hideto Fuku-hombucho are scheduled to participate.
・Katsuura Camp (at Nippon Budokan Katsuura Training Center) is scheduled to be held from August 6th (Tue) to August 12th (Mon), 2024. Those who wish to participate are asked to schedule their dates in advance.
・In addition to regular online seminars held on the second Sunday of every month, we plan to proactively hold individual online seminars for each branch/study group (targeting once a year for each branch/study group). Please proactively request this to the headquarters.
・The annual membership fee for 2024 will be 500 yen/month/person (6,000 yen/year/person) as usual. We will inform you about the delivery method later this year.

・ Those who were promoted during last year are as follows (in no particular order).
<Sho-dan> Campa Salvatore, Stefano Rebecchi (Italy), Roland Geldner (Slovakia), Murygin Andrei, Ismailov Artem, Naniev Givi, Sobolev Sergei (Russia), Mari Otsubo (Ryogoku), Hideyuki Ito, Nagisa Kobayashi, Hideto Shinoda, Keith Braddy, Xavier Braddy, Katsushi Nishimura (Setagaya), Stefan Vladikov, Hristo Vassilev (Bulgaria), Nikolay Chankov, Daniel Marburger, Stephan Bliedung (Germany), Abdul rehman Shaban (UAE)
<2-dan> Pedrini Gianmaria, Gianmarco Cocco (Italy), Umarov Mikhail, Demin Alexey (Russia), Yuma Konno (Kanazawa)
<3-dan> Rausa Greta, Paolo Iura (Italy), Platonov Andrei (Russia), Kengo Miyano (Kanazawa), Majed Salem Alhammadi (UAE), Brian Wagner (USA)
<4-dan> Paolo Boccaletti (Italy), Ilse van der Hoeven (Netherlands), Taishi Takiguchi (Ryogoku)
<5-dan> Alex Muracchini, Luca Canovi (Italy), Evgeny Bodrenko (Russia), Stefan Kurilla (Slovakia)
<7-dan> Hideto Usuyama
<8-dan> Sumie Hasegawa

We wish you all the best in your health and development this year.
In order to further develop Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, we aim to expand the number of students and improve their skills. Your cooperation would be highly appreciated.

(Edited by Usuyama Hideto, Fuku-hombucho)

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Publisher:
Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Headquarters
(Https://www.daitohryu.com/)
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2024年度のイタリア・セミナーおよび勝浦合宿のスケジュールは以下のとおりです。詳細はあらためてお知らせします。

◯ イタリア・セミナー（於 モデナ）：2024年4月27日（土）～29日（月）（27日はオープン・セミナー、28日・29日は門下生限定セミナーの予定）

◯ 勝浦合宿（於 日本武道館勝浦研修センター）：2024年8月6日（火）～12日（月）

The schedule for the 2024 Italy Seminar and Katsuura Camp is as follows. Details will be announced later.

◯ Italy Seminar (in Modena): April 27th (Sat) – 29th (Mon), 2024 　(Open seminar on April 27th, students-only seminar on April 28th and 29th)

◯ Katsuura Camp (at Nippon Budokan Katsuura Training Center): August 6th (Tue) to August 12th (Mon), 2024

Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Headquarters

We will resume the Katsuura camp including the dan promotion examination after 4 years cancellation due to the pandemic.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Takeda Sokaku Sensei and the 30th anniversary of the death of Takeda Tokimune Sensei. We hope that many of you will participate. If you would like to participate, please contact each branch / study group chief.

Date: August 11, 2022 (Friday) 17:00 before dinner to 17th (Thursday) 13:00 lunch (Assemble at the site, disperse at the site)
Location: Nippon Budokan Katsuura Training Center
Nippon Budokan Training Center, 582 Sawakura, Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture 299-5231
Tel: 0470-73-2111
ttps://www.nipponbudokan.or.jp/shukuhaku/access
https://goo.gl/maps/EimDpfSsfFrbNXws7
Participation fee: Adult 66,000 yen (11,000 yen/1 night, 3 meals including instruction fee), Student 60,000 yen (10,000 yen/1 night, 3 meals including instruction fee)
The above does not include promotion examination and certification fees.
Items to bring: Do-gi, obi, hakama and boku-tou (wooden swords) (if possible)

Notes (important):
・Participation must follow the rules of the Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Headquarters.
・Please check your body temperature before practice by each branch/study group. Those who are not in good conditon cannot participate in the practice.
・Participation for the whole schedule is recommended, but if you would like to participate partially, please let us know in advance.
・Branch / study group chiefs must submit a list of participants (name, age, gender, rank, hope to take the promotion examination, participation schedule (in the case of partial participation), dietary restrictions, health precautions, etc.) by July 9 (Sun) to the headquarters.
・ Branch / study group chiefs must confirm that participants have insurance in advance (sports insurance, travel insurance for foreign travelers, etc.).

Best regards
Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Headquarters

4月27日から5月1日にかけてスロバキアの首都ブラティスラバに於いてスロバキア支部長の素晴らしいコーディネートの元、6回のセミナーを行いました。日本からは近藤昌之本部長・臼山秀遠副本部長・口村明広金沢支部長が参加いたしました。

１，警備高等学校（Private Secondary Vocational School Specializing in Security of People and Property）に於いての武道演武表彰を行いました。来賓は日本大使館はじめ財務管理局・警察学校・刑務・裁判所・教育庁・警備関係各社の代表者が参列し盛大に執り行われました。
そののち武道演武優勝・準優勝チームに於いての大東流合気柔術の指導教授を行いました。警察・警備職業準備学校にあたる生徒の運動能力やその武道センスは大変すばらしいものがあり、将来重要な大東流の仲間になることを期待しています。
２，門下生対象のセミナーは2日間にわたり計4回行われました。
今回は主催のスロバキア・オーストリアはじめアメリカ・イギリス・ドイツ・フランス・イタリア・オランダ・ブルガリア・ウクライナ・ロシアそして日本と12か国の門下生がそろいました。今回は重点的に合気の基本稽古・1か条重要技の理解・高段者対象の複関節技・多人数技・傘捕等の技も指導いたしました。技の指導理解促進もありますが、多くの門下生と懇親できたことは大きな意味があります。世界平和の一翼にもなったのではないかと思っています。
３，オープンセミナーといわれるもので大東流以外の武道愛好家に門戸を広げたセミナーを開催しました。空手・柔道の高段者、空手・柔道のスロバキア代表選手や他柔術の高段者の参加を頂き大変意義深いものになりました。大東流の最大の特徴である合気の理解。関節技の成り立ちとすぐ使える関節技の習得。他流派の皆様にも意義深いものであったと感想を頂いています。また、スロバキア支部にご入会された方もいると聞いています。

参加者の皆様に怪我無く終了できて安心しております。主催者のステファン　クリラの計画性・行動力・献身的なおもてなし・その人間力に最大限の敬意を表します。
また、ご家族の皆様・門下生の昼夜を問わない献身的な親切心に武道の奥義を感じました。

誠にありがとうございました。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　感謝。

From April 27th to May 1st, six seminar sessions were held in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, under the excellent coordination of the Branch Chief of Slovakia. From Japan, Masayuki Kondo, Hombucho, Hideto Usuyama, Fuku-Honbucho, and Akihiro Kuchimura, Branch Chief of Kanazawa, participated in the seminar.

1) A Martial arts prize-giving event was successfully held at the Private Secondary Vocational School Specializing in Security of People and Property. The guests of honor included representatives from the Embassy of Japan, the Financial Management Bureau, the Police Academy, the Penitentiary, the Courts, the Education Agency, and various companies in the private security industry.
After the ceremony, the winning and runner-up teams of the martial arts prize-giving event received instruction in Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu. The athletic ability and martial arts sense of the students who attend the Police and Security Vocational Preparatory School is very impressive, and we hope that they will become important members of the Daito-ryu community in the future.

2) The seminar for the Daito-ryu members was held four times over two days.
This time we had students from 12 countries, including Slovakia, the host country, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, and Japan. This time, we focused on practicing basic Aiki techniques, the understanding of Ikkajo techniques, and teaching techniques for higher dan students such as double-jointed locked techniques, techniques against several opponents, and Kasadori (techniques while holding umbrella). It was a great opportunity for us to get to know many of my students as well as to promote the understanding of the techniques. We believe that it also played a role in promoting world peace.

3) We held an open seminar for martial arts enthusiasts not knowing Daito-ryu. The seminar was very insightful as it was attended by high rank karate and judo practitioners, karate and judo athletes from the Slovakian national team, and high rank practitioners of other jujutsu styles. The open seminar was focused on understanding Aiki, the most important feature of Daito-ryu and also on the origins of joint techniques, their immediate use and their mastery. We received very positive feedback stating that the seminar was very inspirational to the participants from other styles as well, and some of them joined the Daito-ryu Slovakia branch.

We are relieved knowing that the event ended without any injured participants.
We would like to express my utmost respect to the organizer, Stefan Krilla, Branch Chief of Slovakia, for his planning, his energy, his dedicated hospitality, and his human qualities.

We also felt day and night the depth of the martial arts in the devotion and kindness of the families and students.

We deeply appreciated all your efforts.
Thank you very much.

支部長・スタディグループ長各位

本年8月に予定しております勝浦合宿につきまして、日程に一部変更がありますのでご連絡いたします。

（変更前）2023年8月11日（金）～8月18日（金）
（変更後）2023年8月11日（金）～8月17日（木）

詳細情報、参加登録等についてはあらためてお知らせしますが、現時点では、8月11日（金）夕食前集合、8月17日（木）昼食後解散を前提に計画中です。

大東流合気柔術本部

(English)

To all Branch / Study Group Chiefs

We would like to inform you that there will be some changes to the schedule for the Katsuura Camp scheduled in August this year.

(Before change) August 11 (Friday) to August 18 (Friday), 2023
(After change) August 11 (Friday) to August 17 (Thursday), 2023

Detailed information and registration will be announced later, but at the moment we are planning to meet before dinner on Friday, August 11th and disperse after lunch on Thursday, August 17th.

Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Headquarters