My Reunion With Amos L.Parker Sensei

My Reunion with Amos L Parker Shihan

It was my great pleasure and honor to have met Parker Shihan at the Seikeikan dojo of Sacramento, California, USA after a long 13 year interval. It was 1984 when I first met Parker Shihan and started learning the Yoshinkai Aikido under his instruction at the US Naval base dojo in Yokosuka. I continued my training with him until he leave Japan and returned home 1995.

Parker Shihan holds the 8th dan and is the highest ranking Yoshinkai Aikido instructor in the USA and the highest ranking non-Japanese instructor in the world. He has spent 35 years in Japan with his Aikido Grandmaster Terada Hanshi, 10th dan. I was fortunate to travel to the US, Canada, Australia and Brazil with Terada Hanshi and Parker Shihan for an Aikido world tour. After he returned back to US from Japan, he began to travel all over the US and Canada to teach Aikido. As a result, Yoshinkai Aikido began to spread all over US and Canada. Thanks to his kind and consistent instruction, the technical level of Yoshinkai Aikido in US and Canada, has been greatly improved. His dedication and contribution are highly honored and appreciated by many people. Inoue Kyoichi Hanshi, former Yoshinkai Aikido Kancho, commented on Parker Shihan’s profound knowledge of Yoshinkai Aikido and thanked him for all his contributions and dedication.

Parker Shihan by far is one of the foremost experts in Yoshinkai Aikido in the world and we, his students and friends around the world, are forever grateful for this time, patience and commitment to excellence.

Dynamic Aikisambo In Comparison with Aikido

Dynamic Aikisambo in comparison to Aikido.

People who have the basic knowledge and foundation of Aikido can easily learn Aikisambo techniques as they can be applied based on Aikido techniques.Examples of Aikisambo techniques to use in conjunction with Aikido techniques are as follows;
For Aikido Ikkajo techniques,the following AikiSambo techniques are used.
Kubikari jujigatame
Harakari jujigatame
Kumogatame
Ashigarami
Hijikansetsugatame
Hizakansetsugatame
Matakansetsugatame
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For Aikido Nikajo Techniques,the following AikiSambo techniques are used.

1.Hijishime Kubikarigatame
2.Izorinage
3.Udejujigatame
4.Hizajujigatame
5.Tomoe Gyakujujigatame
6.Sankakujime

For Aikido Sankajo Techniques;the following AikiSambo techniques are used.
1.Makinage
2.Hikokinage
3.Karaminage
4.Hijiotoshi
5.Tomoenage
6.Kataotoshi
7.Hijimaki Seoinage

For Aikido Kotegaeshi Techniques;the following AikiSambo techniques are used.

1.Udejujigatame
2.Hizajujigatame
3.Kubijujigatame
4.Gyakugotegatame
5.Kote guruma
6.Kote kanibasami
7.Kote hijiotoshi
8.Kote Irimikuzushi
9.Kote Ashibarai
10.Kote Makinage

You can easily combine various other AikiSambo techniques with Aikido techniques such as Shihounage,Iriminage,Shoumennzuki attack,Shoumenuchi attack,Yokomenuchi attack,Maegeri,Yokogeri and Mawashigeri attack.You will find Aikisambo techniques very unique and interesting.