We are pleased to propose this short video showing the work of Régis Soavi. A work that he keeps on doing for over thirty years, during workshops and in the daily practice. You can find all the dates of the next workshops on this page: https://www.ecole-itsuo-tsuda.org/en/stages/ (subtitle available in French, click the first icon to the … Continue reading spot workshop 2016
‘Respiration, in my experience, is the very foundation of Aikido.’ Itsuo Tsuda, The Path of Less (Chap. XIX) The teaching that we have received and continue to receive allows us to experience the accuracy of the above quotation. Whether we are quiet in our dōjō, where the atmosphere favours concentration and thus focusing on respiration … Continue reading Aikido Demonstration
by Régis Soavi In one of his books Tsuda Itsuo gives us his views on kokyū: ‘In learning a Japanese art, the question of “kokyu” always arises, strictly speaking, the equivalent of actual respiration. But the word also means to have a knack for doing something, to know the trick. When there is no “kokyu”, … Continue reading Kokyû, Revelation of the Unity of Being
A text by Haruchika Noguchi, founder of Seitai. ‘The kokoro that resides deep within man, has invaluable faculties; its possibilities are so endless and inexhaustible that even if we put together all the ki and we make it concentrated we will never end being incapable or helpless. Everything begins to change, not just the body, … Continue reading Kokoro
Born in 1914, Itsuo Tsuda would now be one hundred years old. This atypical character, fiercely independent, considered himself first and foremost a philosopher and he is a key figure of the Aikidō in France. He is the one who introduced Katsugen undō* in Europe in the early 70s. Direct student of O-sensei Morihei Ueshiba … Continue reading Meeting the Breathing
Morihei Ueshiba O-sensei used to recite the norito, a Shinto invocation, during his practice. Itsuo Tsuda recited it daily during the last few years and the tradition is still kept within the Itsuo Tsuda School. ‘The norito does not belong to the world of religion world but certainly to that of the sacred in the … Continue reading Norito: Resonance
80 years later, Itsuo Tsuda is back at the Sorbonne A bridge between the East and the West, Reading-Meeting Marking a profound consideration on the major developments in human thought, Itsuo Tsuda rosses East and West and places the ki in the center of his research. Itsuo Tsuda came to France in 1934 … Continue reading Itsuo Tsuda at the Sorbonne
Part #2 : Katsugen Undō Actor and writer Yan Allegret has read some extracts from Itsuo Tsuda‘s books, live Saturday, 8 February 2014, in a tea-library in Blois, le Liberthé. The regenerating movement is not something we acquire from the exterior. It points the way to a deeper discovery of oneself. This way is not … Continue reading Listen to Itsuo Tsuda’s books #2
Every year for the annual summer workshop, the school presents a calligraphy of Itsuo Tsuda set on a kakemono (Japanese framing). This is an opportunity to (re)discover these traces, these teaching left to us. During the summer workshop that has just ended, we could enjoy the calligraphy The Fish in the Water, for which Itsuo … Continue reading Calligraphy: The Fish in the Water
The correspondence of a writer, a philosopher, often reveals itself beyond peculiar general views. Such is the case with this correspondence of Itsuo Tsuda from which we publish a few letters, courtesy of Bernard and Andréine Bel. It reveals answers given by Itsuo Tsuda, between 1972 and 1979, to this young couple as they began … Continue reading Unpublished Letters #1
This article tells the story of the dojo of Geneva (Katsugen Kai, the Regenerating Movement group), in it we find the watermark of Itsuo Tsuda‘s journey from his early years in Europe. It was published in Journal du dojo, April, 1987. Written by a co-responsible of the dojo, Sven Kunz, reproduced with the kind permission … Continue reading Geneva, Katsugen Kai