The birth of ATAGO

Ōsensei Morihei Ueshiba is the creator of the Martial Art known throughout the world as Aikido. From 1942 until his death Ōsensei lived in Iwama a small country town where he was able to create and develop the Art of Aikido.

A few kilometres from Iwama there is a mountain called Atago at the top of which there is a temple where Master Ueshiba used to go for his prayer and meditation. There is a film where Master Morihiro Saito supports Ōsensei on the stairway to the Atago temple.

I lived for a long time in Iwama staying in the house of Ōsensei Morihei Ueshiba. Many times I went to Mount Atago with my Master Morihiro Saito and many times we went to the waterfall for purification.

When after forty years of practice I decided to create my own organisation, it was a revelation to find that the acronym for Association Takemusu Aiki Giorgio Oscari was ATAGO. Perhaps a gift from my Master or Ōsensei or the Art of Aikido. I am proud to protect and pass on what I have learnt and teach it with an extreme sense of responsibility to our teachers and students.　M°Giorgio Oscari

M°Giorgio Oscari

ジョルジョ・オスカリ