by Régis Soavi Tension and relaxation are the two most visible aspects of the human inner movement; like yin and ...

by Régis Soavi From September 2023, in the Itsuo Tsuda School dojos in Paris, Toulouse and Milan, in addition to ...

by Régis Soavi Shisei is the reflection of the soul as well as the health of the body, both physical ...

by Régis Soavi There are several ways of considering at Jiyūwaza work and each school has its own way of ...

by Régis Soavi When we try to unbalance a person we know instinctively where we must touch, be it physically ...

by Régis Soavi Understanding Riai means going beyond technical correspondences and leaving behind the world of separation. It means accepting ...

by Régis Soavi ‘That is all the master asks, for his teaching to be stolen; for him, it is extremely ...

by Régis Soavi Nowadays it seems that the meaning of the word “pride” has become misleadingly loaded, and pride has ...

by Régis Soavi Teaching in a dojo is a matter of transmission. It is also about bringing people together and ...

by Régis Soavi. Fear has a twofold origin: firstly, it is a primitive, atavistic response, already perfectly well known, but ...

by Régis Soavi. Is it not a paradox, or even a contradiction, to immobilise in order to unblock, soften and ...

Par Régis SoaviAikido Journal : ‘Does aikido still have a chance of survival after more than three months of interruption?’ 1Régis ...

By Régis Soavi.Violence is so broad a topic, with such density, that it seems to me impossible to treat all ...

By Manon SoaviAs an Aikido teacher, as well as a pianist, I went across the notion of Zanshin through several ...

By Régis SoaviIf we translate Zanshin by « sustaining attention after a fight or after a technique », even if we remain ...

The Itsuo Tsuda School is a no-grade school, where one can rediscover the freedom of speaking out, of intervening, of ...

By Régis SoaviWhy talk about life force while the topic seems old-fashioned (it is considered today as a kind of ...

By Régis SoaviFor most Westerners, practising Aikido on their knees rather than standing seems to be at first sight very ...

In this article, starting from an I Chin hexagram (? j?ng: the well), Régis Soavi discusses with us how the ...

By Manon Soavi« […] The path to in-depth discovery of oneself [...] » said Tsuda Sensei « is not a straight line towards ...

By Régis SoaviSeizing in itself is not the difficulty, it’s the coagulation of ki in the wrist, the arms or ...

Misogi ? is widely practised among shintoists.It consists of an ablution, sometimes under a waterfall, in a stream, or in ...

By Régis Soavi.Noro Sensei, in the 70’s, used to tell us that O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba would sometimes reproach his ...

by Régis SoaviThe fall in our art is more than a liberation, mere consequence of an action. It is the ...

By Manon SoaviI discovered late in life that I was a girl. Of course I knew it, but it did ...

by Régis SoaviThis seems to be a recurring question in the dojos and one which divides practitioners, teachers, as well ...

by Régis Soavi"One often tends to consider the spirit of an art as a mental process, a path that should ...

By Régis SoaviAikido is an instrument of my evolution, it made me evolve, I just had to follow with perseverance ...

By Régis SoaviCertainly the Jo, the stick, has always been used in Aïkido. But does it really belong to our ...

By Régis SoaviTalking about omote-ura as an Aikido subject immediately reminds me about yang-yin (in Japanese yo / in).Nevertheless in ...

We are pleased to propose this short video showing the work of Régis Soavi . A work that he keep ...

By Régis Soavi In one of his books Itsuo Tsuda gives us his views on kokyu:“In learning a Japanese art, ...

Born in 1914, Itsuo Tsuda would now be one hundred years old.This atypical character, fiercely independent, considered himself first and ...

Morihei Ueshiba O Sensei used to recite the norito, a Shinto invocation, during his practice. Itsuo Tsuda recited it daily ...

The writer and director Yan Allégret is interested in aikido and traditional Japanese culture since 20 years. He practiced in ...

What are Aïkido and the Regenerating Movement? How can we use them to live in daily life? Those are the ...

An interview with Regis Soavi.Our rendez-vous is at 6:45 AM, in Milan's Chinese quarter. The place : a former garage, ...