Kokusai Aikidō Kenshūkai Kobayashi Hirokazu Ha (国際合気道研修会小林裕和派) is the school of aikido propagated by Hirokazu Kobayashi (1929–1998) (not

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) disciple of the founder of aikido

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(1883–1969). Hirokazu Kobayashi's teaching abroad focused on several

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an nations including

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and

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, and these countries formed the core of his independent style. After the death of Kobayashi in 1998, this school is led by Andre Cognard (self-proclaimed). In addition to Europe, Kobayashi Aikido is practiced in

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and

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. There are several differences between the Kobayashi style and the other Aikido styles such as

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. The most striking of these are the ''

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'' (seated techniques) and the ''meguri'' principle. There are also subtle and significant differences in the different ''tachiwaza'' (standing) techniques as well as jō and bokken sequences.

References

*Andre Cognard: 'L'esprit des arts martiaux' Albin Michel Publications, France, 2003, *Andre Cognard: 'Civilisation et arts martiaux, ou, Le noeud de la ceinture' Albin Michel Publications, France, 2000, *Robert Gembal: 'Aikido. Edukacja ciała i umysłu' Wydawnictwo Bernardinum, Poland, 2004,

External links

School of André Cognard
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