DAITO RYU AIKIJUJUTSU SEMINAR
with Roy Goldberg Sensei
DATE:
Friday April 14 6pm-8pm
Saturday April 15 5pm-8pm
Sunday April 16 10am-1pm
DAITO RYU DEMONSTRATION AT
NASHVILLE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Saturday April 15 12:10PM-12:50PM
All martial arts demos take place at the Unions Street stage. The martial arts tent is at site #48 if you want to hang around some of the other demonstrators. The event is free but parking is not. See this link for parking info: http://www.nashvillecherryblossomfestival.org/
SEMINAR LOCATION:
Brentwood Academy
Rock Athletic Center
219 Granny White Pike
Brentwood, TN 37027
615-496-7173
COST:
$125 per day
$225 all three days
Space is limited
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Join us for an extraordinary 3 days of hard training in this rare and beautiful martial art! Whatever style you practice, the principles of Daito Ryu will enhance your art. The focus will be on developing subtle kuzushi or unbalancing within technique.
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Morihei Ueshiba in front of a placard reading “Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu.” — Read More at Aikido Sangenkai
Daito Ryu is a link to the art of Ueshiba Morihei’s teacher Takeda Sokaku. Experiencing earlier versions of many familiar Aikido techniques will provide a new perspective on the evolution of the art and your own Aikido practice. Kodokai-style Daito Ryu is not “hard Aikido” as is sometimes claimed, but rather emphasizes building an “aiki body” to develop connection and achieve kuzushi, controlling the attacker with subtle, extremely soft techniques.
Although some experience with taking ukemi (rolling and breakfalls) is recommended, it is not required. Goldberg Sensei will demonstrate techniques for students of all ranks, styles and experience.
For more about Daito Ryu and Goldberg Sensei’s approach to aiki training,
read this in depth interview with Goldberg Sensei in Aikido Journal.
Goldberg Sensei is the first and only non-Japanese awarded the rank of 7th Dan and certified with the rare Kyoju Dairi teaching license by the Daito Ryu Kodokai Menkyo Kaiden at the hombu dojo in Kitami, Japan. He is also the only non-Japanese to receive the 3rd Scroll in the Daito Ryu transmission, the Hi Ogi or "Inner Secrets."
Goldberg Sensei receiving the Hi Ogi, the 3rd Scroll in the Daito Ryu transmission from Kiyama Shihan. — June, 2016
Goldberg Sensei has also studied Aikido at the United States Federation Headquarters under the direction of Yamada Shihan and his senior students and has been fortunate to take classes with and touch leading Aikido instructors including Kisaburo Osawa, head instructor of the Aikikai in Japan, Gozo Shioda founder of Yoshinkan Aikido, Morihiro Saito of the Iwama Dojo, Kisshomaru Ueshiba Doshu as well as other direct students of O-Sensei.
In addition to the martial arts, Roy Goldberg has nearly five decades of experience as a licensed physical therapist, treating thousands of patients, and has taught or lectured on neuroanatomy, neuroscience, respiratory therapy and advanced analysis of human motion.
Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu is a 1,200-year-old samurai martial art. It has directly influenced the development of many popular martial arts including Shorinji Kempo, Hakko Ryu Jujutsu, Hapkido and most famously Aikido. Once a secret art, passed generation to generation through the Takeda clan, the system of Daito Ryu was revived in the late 19th century by Sokaku Takeda. Takeda went on to become Morihei Ueshiba’s direct teacher. This unique form of jujutsu is distinguished by its subtle use of unbalancing and unique throws and immobilizations. Although extremely challenging to master, its principles are universally applicable to a wide range of martial arts practices.