[Aikido/Daito-Ryu Interview] Guillaume Erard - Technical relations between Aikido & Daito-Ryu [1/2]

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-- PRESENTATION: INTERVIEW GUILLAUME ERARD PART 1 --
Guillaume Erard is a permanent resident of Japan with over 30 years of experience in Japanese martial arts. He holds the 5th Dan in Aikido from the Aikikai World Headquarters in Tokyo. Erard is also one of the few non-japanese to hold a 3rd Dan in Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu, the art that Aikido's own founder, Ueshiba Morihei, studied under the legendary master Takeda Sokaku.
Erard gives Aikido lectures and seminars throughout Europe and he is one of the most prominent researchers on Aiki and its history in activity today. He has studied under many of the most senior masters in Japan and abroad and has conducted in-depth interviews with many of them in order to promote the public understanding of the art.
Considering he is a supporter of Seido since its inception almost 10 years ago, we decided to sit down with him to find out what drove his incredible enthusiasm for the art and how exactly he puts into practice all that he has learned from his masters so far.
-- SOURCES --
Guillaume Erard’s personal archives & website: www.guillaumeerard.com/
Aikido Journal's archives: aikidojournal.com/
Morihei Ueshiba Asahi News Demo "Budo", 1935: goo.gl/RBcZiB
Christian Tissier Interview: goo.gl/5ipm5e
Yoko Okamoto Interview: goo.gl/PMw89A
Tada Hiroshi’s Interview: goo.gl/mdEpkz
Hiroshi Isoyama’s Interview: goo.gl/hTEVs4
Kobayashi Kiyohiro demonstrating obi otoshi (uke: Guillaume Erard). Seminar in Tokyo, May 2008: goo.gl/uBmJAz
Olivier Gaurin, mon mémento d'Aïkido: goo.gl/EnUj5h
Olivier Gaurin, Aïkido : les secrets du kokyû-hô: goo.gl/4dVgur
Olivier Gaurin 6th Dan Aikikai - Aiki Talks w/ Guillaume Erard (1/2): goo.gl/xUMdgT
Guillaume Erard taking ukemi during the mid-2000s: Guillaume Erard’s personal archives & goo.gl/y8RMJa
Ueshiba Morihei teaching on the roof of the Japanese Self-Defense Ministry (1957): goo.gl/WYcevp
Tadashi Abe and Jean Zin (1958). Aiki-do method created by the master Morihei Ueshiba: goo.gl/mJwi1y
Tadashi Abe: goo.gl/Rogqgx
André Nocquet with Ueshiba Kisshomaru and Ueshiba Morihei. Hombu Dojo, Tokyo, 1957: goo.gl/S99Wy1
Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu - 36th Asakusa Kobudo Taikai (2018): goo.gl/oDrTdT
Hisa Takuma: goo.gl/qxSMTu
Kawabe Takeshi demonstrating at the 41st Kobudo Demonstration 2018: goo.gl/orjpJF
Sumo Demonstration - Kagamibiraki 2018: goo.gl/p7aQve
Akuzawa Minoru: goo.gl/wkHTfG
Takeda Sokaku (Public Domain): goo.gl/VpHnYi
Takeda Sokaku at the Asahi Shimbun: goo.gl/xJ8ZCQ
Certificate given to Hisa Takuma by Takeda Sokaku: goo.gl/qxSMTu
Onoha Itto Ryu - Meiji Jingu Kobudo Demonstration 2018: goo.gl/kmaApj
Chiba Kazuo Shihan teaching at a Birankai Summer School (uke: Manolo San Miguel): goo.gl/fSAUX3
-- CREDITS --
Shooting location: KZbin Space Tokyo
Director: Jordy Delage
Camera & Editing: Jordy Delage & Nicolas Nothum
Music: “The Departure” by Caleb Etheridge (www.soundstripe.com)
Narrator: Brian Kamei
Translation & subtitles: Odilon Regnard, Jean-François Rauch, Jordy Delage
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[@gillesvendeur6233]

Avec toutes les interview passionnantes que M. Erard nous a offert, merci de nous offrir à votre tour cette interview tant attendue... Merci pour ce joli cadeau !

[@pierrenoblanc3465]

Merci , j'ai hâte d'écouter la deuxieme partie de l'interview.

[@nelsonventura7374]

Very good and clarifying! Thank you very much!

[@olivierd9338]

Un grand merci pour cet incroyable interview :-)

[@m.goth74]

merci pour ce moment et surtout pour ton partage du savoir ... respect

[@peterkhew7414]

19:36 The concept of internal power is Chinese in origin, and it started of from Taoist obsession of seeking immortality, or at least longevity. The Japanese has something similar to Taoism as well, but it was more like a hybrid of Buddhism, Shintoism, and Confucianism. I believe that Kobudo masters simply developed efficiency to such an extent that it looks effortless, hence possessing "internal power". A lot of things that O Sensei said about being One with the Universe, and connecting Heaven and Earth, sounds to me very Taoist in nature. Maybe it's already part of Japanese culture.

[@step2soul]

Un grand merci à Maître Erard pour son travail monumental, et bien sûr à Seido pour leur cause lumineuse. Joyeuses fêtes et que Ki soit toujours avec vous!

[@otorishingen8600]

Thank you

[@nicolaegothardbialokur3970]

MERCI !

[@ryohamaru2272]

very interesting

[@Genrobi]

Is there a difference between the relation of Aikikai standard aikido and Daito Ryu and Iwama Aikido and Daito Ryu? Thank you

[@Noone-rt6pw]

Forget the art, it's the jitsu. It'd seem like a whole lot of training the body to be sensitive, yielding to force, feeling when off balance is felt then to respond to it. Where the Gracie's are athletes but they've proven to be experts. Which Daitoryu in feudal times could have been crude or refined. Technique is important of course, but training of the body surely is much more. Looking at Morehei Ueshiba though created Aikido, he was still trained in Daito-ryu.

[@munisai9693]

Bonjour, que pensez vous de la pratique de feu okamoto saigo, notamment en ce qui concerne l'énergie interne ? Merci

[@Stof78]

J'aime bien l'homme en question... Débutant en aikido, je serais heureux de participer à un de ses stages. En espérant qu'il accepte les élèves de n'importe quelle fédération...

[@vano-559]

First five Takumakai Soden volumes called 'Aikido' so you're lucky to play both modern and old Aikido.

[@dozoaikido7869]

c'est noel!!

[@sylvainrioux7700]

Suggestion de lecture : DAITORYU - Vers la découverte de l'Aiki de Tatsuo KIMURA

[@mariasospedra]

My humble respects but It’s a pity to hear some commentary from the interviewer such as is martial ridicolous or even Sensei Guillaume is missing an opportunity to explain to occidental people what Ki is, something that is the basis not just for O Sensei but for many masters of all other martial arts forms and spirituality

[@jordydelage4304]

That's a very funny comment :) Because I'm the interviewer, Guillaume is my best friend, and we essentially agree on more or less everything. Now you can rewatch the interview from another perspective ;) (Also check out "play devil's advocate" on Google ^^)

[@robertocalvo934]

That's a cool shirt Mr. Erard is sporting. Want!

[@edouard-celine]

Deux français qui font une interview en anglais et quand ils font l'effort de parler notre merveilleuse langue, ils y mêlent de l’anglicisme. C'est vraiment dommage et triste ! Surtout que les sujets sont passionnant.

[@jordydelage4304]

Nous avons fait des vidéos en français, d'autres en anglais, et nous constatons... Ce qui est vraiment triste, c'est de constater que nous recevons beaucoup moins de support de nos concitoyens français que de la communauté anglophone. Par ailleurs, vous noterez que nous faisons l'effort d'offrir des sous titres en français pour toutes nos vidéos, qu'elles soient en anglais ou en japonais, ici y compris. La rédaction de sous titres est un travail très difficile, très long, et très couteux, et malgré le peu de soutient de la communauté francophone... nous continuons. Enfin, Guillaume et moi avons 15 à 20 ans de Japon, Guillaume a fait ses études en Ireland... et nous avons vécu chacun plus longtemps hors de France qu'en France. Compte tenu du travail que nous faisons dans de multiples langues, il n'y a aucune raison objective de donner priorité en Français alors que 90% de l'audience ne parle pas cette langue. Ce type de retour des français est d'ailleurs un peu triste et inquiétant car il dénote une mécompréhension des questions de partage de connaissance au niveau international.