Hatenkai

The Hatenkai (覇天会 or はてんかい) is an aikido organization based in Yokohama that advocates their own style of Aikido, called Full Contact Aikido (フルコンタクト合気道, Furukontakuto aikidō), which is characterized as "fusion of Aikido technique and full contact fighting".

Overview

Full Contact Aikido maintains the core essence of Aikido techniques, but it is characterized by new emphasis on striking techniques introduced into common practice of Aikido and is aimed for higher intensity combat sports. Compared to organizations like Aikikai and Yoshinkan where Aikido is not conducted as sporting matches and the use atemi techniques (i.e. striking) is limited.

In addition to training traditional Aikido concepts and techniques, the style places focus on practical fighting and sparring with protective gear, placing emphasis on aliveness.

Genealogy

The founder is Tenkei Fujisaki, the current Soke (also serving as the lead instructor). In 2006, he quit Aikido S.A. to found Hatenkai.

Fujisaki obtained "Professor's Dan" through the Aikido S.A.'s "Instructor Course" process, which is akin to uchi-deshi in a traditional Aikido group. He was an instructor at the Tokyo headquarters. He has won three Aikido S.A. sponsored Real Aikido Championships.

Hatenkai has had working relationship with the Daidojuku organization.

Rules

Match Rules in Full Contact Aikido

• Match format allows the practitioners to strike each other.
• Allows wrist, elbow, and shoulder joints while standing (safety restrictions apply to abandonment and finger removal).
• For throwing techniques that do not involve joints, frontal throws, side throws, and various koyku nage are permitted.
• Allows conventional prohibited techniques such as slamming into the face, age otoshi, throwing the waist, and leaning back.
• You can grab the dogi and obi for up to 3 seconds.
• Offense and defense of grappling hold is allowed for up to 10 seconds (ground fighting is prohibited)
• Allows you to grab all any kicking technique.
• Fighting in Tachi-waza follows the full contact rule, but the continuous striking at a distance is limited to 4 consecutive striking. Rate on striking is not limited when fighting in Kumi-waza.
• Hitting in a grappling hold is stopped if the hit actually hurts the opponent. Hits after 4 constructive hits are not counted as effective/legal.

Match Rules in Jiyu-waza

The matches is divided into Kake (attacker) and Uke (receiver). Uke is free to attack according to the full contact striking rule (direct striking system, only head strikes are prohibited). In Kake, striking is not allowed and is akin to Aikido's Jiyu-Waza.

Match Rules in Weapon self-defense

The match is divided into defender (Aikido side) and attacker (Weapon side). Weapons are assumed to be blunt instruments and short rods of about 50 cm. The weapon side can freely attack by hitting the face or torso from the front or side. The Aikido side is to defend and/or suppress the attack. In addition to the above attacks, advanced rules allow weapons to thrust into the torso, various kicking techniques, and throwing techniques (without joints) in a gumi-waza.

Competitions

The "Full Contact Aikido Championship" is held twice a year (spring and autumn) in an open tournament format. Students from other martial arts disciples - namely Kūdō and Aikido S.A. - are invited to these tournaments to subject Hatenkai members into different fighting scenarios.

Links

• Hatenkai webpage (in Japanese)
• Hatenkai Page (in Japanese)
• Hatenkai's Youtube page

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