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Subscribe: Aikido Demonstration during the 2018 Kagamibiraki & Budo Hajime, at the Nippon Budokan. - 1:20 - Throwing techniques by Suzuki Toshio, 5th Dan Shidoin - 3:00 - Grappling techniques by Oyama Yuji, 5th Dan Shidoin - 4:53 - Defense against knife by Mori Tomohiro, 6th Dan, Shihan - 6:50 - Free techniques by Kuribayashi Takanori, 7th Dan, Shihan The Kagamibiraki is a traditional ceremony which translates to “opening the mirror“ (symbolicaly). Taking its roots in the Shogunate, it is strongly linked to Budo practice and it is natural that the Budo Hajime (first practice of the year) is celebrated at the same time. At the Nippon Budokan, the ceremony is hold at the begining of January and consists in: - The Kagamibiraki shiki, with an historical reconstruction (in armor). - Budo Demonstrations (by the 9 “official Budo“). - Budo Hajime (first practice of the year, al
