Aikido School
of Albuquerque
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Shinju
Dojo Aikido School of Albuquerque |
| At Shinju Dojo, we study and teach the Japanese art of Aikido as developed by Kenji Tomiki and refined by Karl Geis. The art of Aikido was created by Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969). "[Ueshiba] taught that an attacker's energy could be dealt with more efficiently by yielding to it, even adding to it, rather than by trying to meet that force head-on with equal or greater force (the primary characteristic of most other martial arts). With this in mind, anyone, no matter what their size or age, stood a more favorable chance against a larger, younger, stronger opponent."* Professor Kenji Tomiki (1900-1979) was sent by Kano to study under Ueshiba and was the first to be promoted to Hachidan (eighth degree black belt) in 1940. Tomiki started his own school in 1958 at Waseda University in Japan, where he was a professor of Physical Education. Tomiki incorporated the principles of randori into Aikido from Judo. Randori is a free-style form of practicing the principles of kata in a more unrehearsed environment and prepares one for actual self-defense situations. Karl Geis studied
at the Kodokan and was the only non-Japanese to be promoted to Rokyudan (sixth
degree black belt) by Tomiki. Karl Geis was requested by Tomiki to bring
Tomiki Ryu Aikido to the United States in 1967. He also was the United
Stated Olympic Coach for Judo. Mr. Geis currently teaches Aikido, Judo,
and Jodo in Houston, Texas. |
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| *Windsong Dojo's Web page: http://www.windsongdojo.com |
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(505) 275-3226 or send an e-mail to sensei@shinjudojo.com |
