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A podcast series about the life and teaching of Tamura Shihan, in thirteen episodes. In preparation.

English edition13 episodes plannedAlso in français and 日本語

The content comes from years of research for a forthcoming book on Tamura Shihan, built on interviews, archives and published sources. SI/AI voices.

Episodes

Episode titles are drafts. Episodes play on this page as they are released.

  1. Arrival in Marseille (1964)

    31 min

    On 13 November 1964 a young Japanese couple stepped onto the quay at Marseille, expecting a dojo in Paris and a stay of a few months; instead, O-Sensei’s uke began a life in France that would shape European aikido for 46 years.

  2. The uchideshi years (1933–1961)

    Coming soon

    From his birth in Osaka to his years as a live-in student of O-Sensei.

  3. Honolulu, 1961

    Coming soon

    His first trip abroad, traveling with O-Sensei as his attendant.

  4. Senpai and companions of the Hombu dojo years

    Coming soon

    The senpai and fellow live-in students Tamura trained, ate and lived alongside at the Hombu dojo in the 1950s.

  5. Aikido in France

    Coming soon

    French aikido in 1964: a few hundred practitioners, the first Japanese teachers and the judo federation.

  6. The split of the French federations (1982)

    Coming soon

    The break with the judo federation, and how French aikido divided into two federations.

  7. His teaching in Europe

    Coming soon

    Where he taught across France and Europe, and the students and teachers whose lives he crossed.

  8. Tamura in Africa

    Coming soon

    His trips to Africa.

  9. Tamura’s aikido (technical)

    Coming soon

    Uke of O-Sensei, weapons, iaido and the other practices that shaped his technique.

  10. Principles: from technique to etiquette

    Coming soon

    From showing technique to explaining principles: how his teaching evolved, with his books as milestones.

  11. The Shumeikan

    Coming soon

    The dojo at Bras, home of the École Nationale d’Aïkido, from its founding in the early 1990s to its inauguration in 1995.

  12. Tamura the man

    Coming soon

    Tamura off the mat: his family, macrobiotics, Zen and home life in Saint-Maximin.

  13. Legacy (2010 → today)

    Coming soon

    His last seminars, his death in 2010, and what his students carry on today.