Inryoku Interview With Grard Blaize

Grard Blaize, The First Non-japanese Aikido Expert To Receive The Rank Of 7th Dan Aikikai, Spent Five And A Half Years In Japan Where He Studied Aikido At The Hombu Dojo In Tokyo Following Mainly Kisshomaru Ueshiba And Seigo 1975, He Met Michio Hikitsuchi, One Of The Most Respected Personal Students Of The Founder Of Aikido Morihei Ueshiba, And Followed His Sole Guidance Until His Teachers Death In 2004.hikitsuchi Sensei Was A Shinto Priest As Well As A High Ranked Martial Artist. In 1957, Hikitsuchi Sensei Received From O Sensei The Masakatsu Bo Jutsu Diploma In Form Of A Scroll, As A Teaching License In The Training With The Aikido Long Stick. Furthermore, In 1969 He Was Personally Awarded The 10th Dan Rank By O-sensei.grard Blaize Has Inherited And Is Still Carrying The Legacy Of Hikitsuchis Holistic Aikido To This Day.book Contents: Biography Of Michio Hikitsuchi.