Aikido club wins group silver, various individual accolades at national competition
The Tokyo Tech*Ki Aikido Club has won the silver prize in the group division of the 43rd All Japan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido Competition, held in Tokyo on September 14 and 15.
Individually, 3rd-year Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering student Kisho Hara, the captain of the club, and 3rd-year Systems and Control Engineering student Ryo Setaka won gold in the paired taigi competition. Taigi involves the execution of a series of techniques where one partner attacks and the other demonstrates defenses.
In the kengi, or sword technique competition, Setaka won bronze and Hara took fourth place while 2nd-year Information and Communications Engineering student Yuta Homma finished fifth. Hara also won silver in the jogi, or wooden staff competition, while Setaka took bronze. Hara also received the Grand Prize, which is given to the practitioner with the highest total score in all individual events.
This year's All Japan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido Competition included a total of 175 middle school, high school, and university students from across Japan competing in group and individual divisions.
Comments from club captain Kisho Hara
We are very pleased to have achieved such a great result for the club. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support and guidance, including club alumni and friends, as well as our Shinshin Toitsu Aikido master, Hideo Ohara-sensei.
Personally, in terms of academics, I would like to pursue my studies to the best of my ability so that I can further develop personally, which I have also done through my aikido training.
This is the last year that we will be competing as the Tokyo Tech Ki Aikido Club. We will continue to train as hard as we can to further develop as the Science Tokyo Ki Aikido Club.
Science Tokyo Ki Aikido Club
The Science Tokyo Ki Aikido Club, established in 1968, celebrates its 56th anniversary in 2024. Members have training sessions three days a week and receive instruction from Ohara-sensei, 8th dan, once a week. By using the mind and body as one, the club trains with the goal to "respect and lead the mind of the opponent."
*Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Tokyo Institute of Technology merged on October 1, 2024, to form Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo).
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Science Tokyo Ki Aikido Club is supported by the Science Tokyo Fund.
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