The Yoshinkan 'House for Cultivating the Spirit' was founded after World War Two. This style of aikido is occasionally called the hard style because the training methods are a product of the gruelling period Soke Shioda spent as a student of Ueshiba.
Yoshinkan Aikido has some 150 basic techniques which are practiced repeatedly; these enable the student to master the remaining ones, which total some 3000 overall.
The Yoshinkan style of Aikido emphasises the self-defence aspect of the art. It is more practical and gruelling than the other styles of Aikido and to an outsider may appear part of a violent Japanese tradition.
Yoshinkan Aikido is not a sport. Aikido is the development and strengthening of the body and mind, and the practical side of Aikido must never be forgotten. However, Aikido is for all, irrespective of age, sex, race or culture.
THE GORYUKAN STAFFORD
The founder and Head Instructor of the Goryukan Stafford is Mr Jay Savery, and is based in Stafford, England. Goryukan Stafford was officially recognised as a independent Yoshinkan Dojo on Nov 1st 2005 by the Aikido Yoshinkai Foundation (Yoshinkan Honbu Dojo). Mr Jay Savery's last dan grade was signed by the then chief technical director of the Yoshinkan Honbu T. Chida Sensei 8th Dan. Goryukan Stafford is an independent dojo and is not connected to any other group or organization of similar or same name.
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