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THE NEXT STEP
Starting at the age of 10 with judo, followed by karate,
pencak silat, boxing and kung fu, I was quite adept in the martial arts at the
age of 20. I invented my first own system, based upon all things learned from
the different teachings, and used it wisely in my daily walk through life. At
the age of 30 I was introduced to the noble art of Aikido. Intrigued at first
sight, I trained with the Aikikai Amsterdam for a while, then received personal
instruction and training from Ian Onvlee Sensei, one of the first
aikidokas in The Netherlands. To whom I am grateful for giving me a detailed
understanding of the basics of Aikido. With vigor I studied the Aikikai Aikido
system, and tried to complement it with Chin Na techniques and Nei Kung. For the
next 5 years this was the focus.
One day, a sportschool owner asked me to give an Aikido
demonstration. Rather nervously, I asked assistance of a friend, and we gave it
our best. We did so well, that I was asked to form an Aikido class at the
sportschool. A few months later we were with plenty students and new ones
waiting to join. It was a good time.
During this period, I was able to test my skills with
teachers in all martial art styles. I was seriously confronted with many
strengths and weaknesses of 'my' Aikido. The next step was to adapt the
system to alleviate any weaknesses, and obtain optimal effectivity.
For the next 4 years I experimented and trained in my
Amsterdam dojo with many students and fellow teachers. Aikido slowly turned into
an Aiki-jutsu style system (Aiki-jutsu-do?).
I was then introduced to the Takeda-ryu Marato-Ha of
Soke
Nakamura and was given the opportunity to train for black belt from the
start with the intent to obtain a teacher's diploma as soon as possible. There I
learned good basics, strong techniques, and was able to compile a mountain of
new ideas. I managed to attend three or four seminars in the next 18 months and
I learned a lot from my training sessions with Branimir Sensei, the sole
representative of Takea-ryu for The Netherlands at the time. He was to prepare
me for the exam and in 6 months he taught me all the techniques needed for a
black belt and a teacher's diploma. In the dojo, I was now focusing on the
Takea-ryu Aiki-no-jutsu techniques (a bit combined with my Aiki-jutsu-do system
which most of my students knew well) and trained 3 to 4 times a week for about
1.5 years.
Alas, confronted with many issues, the membership to the
Takeda-ryu did not last. A big problem for me at the
time was that it was very expensive to do. I was unemployed and making only a
little with my Aikido class, so travelling across Europe 3 to 4 times a year to
attend the 4-day seminars, was
quite an expensive hobby (travel, hotel, food, seminar, materials and exam costs). I decided to
take what I learned and proceed to the next step.
Aiki-jutsu-do became the official name of
that next step. By combining the strong aspects of Aikido, Takeda-ryu
Aiki-ju-jutsu and all things gathered from other martial arts, the
Aiki-jutsu-do system became a very complete system. Flexible, alert, dynamic,
and above all realistic in nature.
The techniques of Aiki-jutsu-do
The manual that will unfold on this Web site will contain all
the basic techniques, some advanced techniques (hand-to-hand,
stick, take-over, armed attack, etc.). Some techniques are unique to the
Aiki-jutsu-do system having been shaped by Nunes d'Agrella Sensei
himself, and some are trule remarkable. In this manual everything has been (will
be) shown quite detailed and many examples are shown using different forms of
attack and defense. For the first time in history, will you learn the techniques
logically divided into its many parts. The final result will be a truly
remarkable martial art manual useful for any martial artist at all levels. I
wish you lots of enjoyment from the study and the practice of techniques learned
here.
Aiki-jutsu-do: The way ('do') of the art ('jutsu') of
the harmony of ki ('Aiki').
Peter Nunes d'Agrella
Sensei Aiki-jutsu-do
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