SUNAO TAKAGAWA – TAI NO JO VOL 1

Tai no Jo vol.1– Sunao HARI

Sunao HARI was born in 1933 in Saga. In 1956, he became a manga artist and in 1957 he started practicing Aikido at Aikikai with master Seigo YAMAGUCHI.

Today, he is the Kancho (president) of KODENKAN Dojo and has an 8th dan of Aikikai Tokyo. He is also a renowned Manga artist.

He created the technique “Tai no Jo (Jo of the body)”, in which he integrated techniques of Taijutsu and Jo using the jo as a part of the body, with the circular motions of Aikido as a basis.