To help us find out what the Nō represented for Master Itsuo Tsuda, and also for his students, these moments of recitation that took place certain nights during workshops, we asked Régis Soavi (student of Master Tsuda and aikido teacher for over thirty years) to tell us about it… Master Tsuda used to recite the … Continue reading When Tsuda recited Nô #1
What are Aïkido and the Regenerating Movement? How can we use them to live in daily life? Those are the subjects dealt with by Régis Soavi who was a direct disciple of Master Itsuo Tsuda,himself a student of Master Ueshiba and Master Noguchi. Article of Francesca Giomo. About the Aïkido the only thing I … Continue reading Discovering Aikido and Katsugen Undo, the Art of the Non-Doing
An interview with Régis Soavi. Our appointment is at 6:45 AM, in Milan’s Chinese quarter. The place: a former garage, transformed into a traditional, spartan-looking dojo where, once inside, you are told gently but firmly to remove your shoes. The participants arrive little by little, sleepy-faced; they murmur their greetings as though reluctant to disturb … Continue reading Simple as Breath