
Uchi kaiten sankyo
Master Saito's genius laid in seeing what made the transmission of Aikido difficult and finding a way to address this difficulty gradually, by breaking down the movement into different stages.
Philippe Voarino studied at the dojo of the Founder of Aikido, in Iwama. Master Saito passed on his method to him, encouraging him to discover, beyond this teaching tool, the true art of O Sensei.
Master Saito's genius laid in seeing what made the transmission of Aikido difficult and finding a way to address this difficulty gradually, by breaking down the movement into different stages.
Any Aikido technique begins with hanmi, and any Aikido technique ends with hanmi.