It is a discipline that can be
practiced also by who isn’t concerned with martial arts. It is the result of
a deep analysis made by
O-Sensei Morihei Ueshiba on the most important oriental body and
meditative practices (Katsugen, Do in, Shiatsu do, Kuatsu, Zen, Sumo,
Omotokyo and others).
The Taiso (Tai= body; So=movement)is, for certain aspects, an exercise of
body cleaning. Through a suitable gymnastics, a work on the positions and on
the respiraton, the regenerative movement and through the stimulation of the
acupuncture points, it attacks directly the rigidities of the body, it
empties the memory of the past and
completely frees the thought.
The Taiso is based on the principle that the body development, that
occurs from the bottom upwards, follows a rhythm and a specific chronology;
this rhythm is
followed also by the psychic development and the body contains all the
memories of the life that we live.The strength that a part of the body has
to exert on the other to maintain the unconscious, is the true origin of
our pathologies, of many of our problems.
The Taiso is currently spread by the Master Andrč Cognard
and it is thanks to his zeal that the Aiki-Taiso Academy was created,
where cycles of formation are now proposed.
Within these experiences the practiser who wants to devote himself
completely to the comprehension of this discipline, is gradually prepared to
the teaching, also thanks to the study of subjects such as Psychology,
Philosophy, Anatomy and Physiology.
In Italy, besides the stages of Aiki-Taiso held by the Master Cognard,
classes and lessons are organized and held by students of the Aiki-Taiso
Institute.
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