by Derek Minus   I met Takayasu Sensei around June 1976.  After 9 years practice, I had left Kyokushinkai Karate – in which I had received 1st dan ranking – to study Taiki Ken (a Japanese form of the Hsing-i-ch’uan style of Wang Hsiang-ch’i) and Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo. Takayasu Sensei came to demonstrate Aikido. … Continue reading First Student