Mitsugi Saotome is a Japanese aikido teacher currently living in the United States. He is a direct disciple of the founder of aikido, Morihei... more »
Mitsugi Saotome – a direct student of Aikido’s founder – systematically demonstrates the full range of Aikido’s throwing and pinning techiniques, from ikkyo to koshinage. Saotome also discusses some of Aikido’s philosophical principles, including musubi (harmonious connection), kokyu (contraction and expansion), and taninzudori (principle of multiple attack). The elegance and precision of Saotome’s technique... more »