Iwama style
Iwama style is a name often used about the
aikido in the lineage of
Morihiro Saito, a close disciple of the founder of aikido
Morihei Ueshiba for 23 years. The name comes from the Japanese village of
Iwama where Ueshiba lived, and there taught Morihiro Saito and others.
Iwama style can be found both within and outside of the biggest aikido organisation
Aikikai. A major non-Aikikai branch is
Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shurenkai, headed by Saito's son
Hitohiro Saito, and a now defunct Iwama style organisation was the
Iwama Ryu. The Japancese concept
takemusu is sometimes used in names of
dojos and organisations in this line of aikido.
Iwama style includes the study of traditional Japanese weapons in order to understand "normal" weapon-less Aikido. Iwama stylists often claim that they do the aikido that is closest to that of the founder, as preserved by Morihiro Saito, and not to change the techniques. Among non-Iwama stylists, a common opinion is that Iwama style mainly is Morihei Ueshiba's aikido of the
1940s and
1950s not taking into consideration that he devaloped also after that, a notion rejected by Iwama style practitioners.
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Iwama Ryu*
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Takemusu Iwama Aikido GB 
