Janet CLIFT - Aikido Interview
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Aikido documentary and interview with Janet Clift, 6th Dan Aikikai filmed during the 12th International Aikido Federation Congress and Seminar held in the city of Takasaki, Japan, in Semptember 2016. Janet Clift teaches Aikido in Athens (www.aikidoathens.gr).
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0:00 - Start
0:50 - How did you start Aikido?
6:01 - Did you dedicate all your time to Aikido?
7:28 - Who were your training partners?
8:10 - Did you find life in Japan difficult?
8:49 - Did the fact that you were a woman make it more difficult?
9:30 - How long did you stay in Japan and did you ever consider settling there for good?
9:49 - Did you go to Japan with a plan to become an Aikido teacher eventually?
11:37 - Where did you go after San Diego?
15:46 - Does it imply dropping your standards?
17:30 - What can we do to reverse that trend?
19:21 - What can we do to help beginners and increase the overall level?
20:22 - Why aren't there more women instructors?
22:30 - Does it really just boil down to encouraging women or is there a deeper issue within Aikido?
24:43 - How can we raise teacher's awareness towards these problems?
25:50 - How do you address this issue in your own dojo?
26:45 - Do you explicitly teach more than technique to your students?
27:31 - What does a good Aikidoka have to be, in addition to being good technically?
28:09 - How do you assess people's character during technical examinations?
28:33 - Do you think that the practice of Aikido make people better?
29:10 - You now live and teach in Greece, how did this happen?
30:59 - How do you feel being back in Japan, this time as a teacher?
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I'm so glad I left Aikido for several of the reasons Janet speaks of. Love the honesty. She is well aware of the problems that have polluted aikido.
What a pleasure! Truly thoughtful interview. I was a white belt at San Diego Aikikai when Janet sensei came after Japan. Lovely aikido. San Diego had a board of advisors and Chiba sensei encouraged beginners (like me) to address concerns to any on the board. San Diego had very good female instructors. Thanks, Ron
Indeed, I had the pleasure to train under Deena Drake Sensei in San Diego and I had a wonderful time!
Interview with Janet Clift Sensei, 6th Dan Aikikai, Technical Director of the Aikikai of Greece Federation.
Thank you for sharing a Wonderful video
Very nice interview. Janet was great. I remember her from years ago at courses in England. Glad she has done so well. Good luck to you with your continued top quality Aikido interviews.
Thanks a lot!
Awesome interview.
Very nice interview. We definitely need more women teachers like her in aikido and other sports.
Having lived in US, there are much fewer population of women doing aikido as well. And even looking at other sports in US, there are more men coaching women’s team in traditional sports like softball, soccer, and basketball.
Useful answers by Janet Clift with respect to the process of overaging in Aikido. Many greetings to Janet and her dojo from Aikido Dojo Bayreuth, Germany.
Tolles Interview !!!
Vor allem das Lachen von Janet Clift ist immer wieder ansteckend . Wer einmal mit ihr Trainiert hat , ist begeistert.
I really enjoyed and learned a lot from Janet Sensei's interview. I have just started a Ki Society dojo at the university where I teach in Brisbane and especially took note of the gender issue she referred to. Also her answer to the issue of whether aikido will someone a better person and her very truthful answer. Keep the great interviews coming.
Thanks a lot, best of luck for your Dojo!
Janet's aikido seems just the same as it was when she was 14, how strange that it should still be so clearly recognisable so many years later. Of course - even at 14 it was amazing.
Very interesting interview, thank you for posting 👍
Beautiful and Honest Interview!
Nice one very humble aikidoist, mam. Janet 👍👍💪💪❤️❤️❤️
Great to see Janet doing so well after all these years. I first met her when she was the youngest shodan in England, then at Kanetsuka sensei's dojo, and again at San Diego Aikikai.
Definitely an inspiration for many of us!
would love to have this lady as my sensei,Honest intelligent warm an ideal example for students slainte Janet
yes very much so
So do I.
This was so interesting,great.
its really interesting to have janet clift interview and her point of view about the practice and everything around aikido
she look really open minded and she take care about the students i completely agree with her than many men dont take ukemi when they practice with ladies men have to forget their ego :-) im sure that aikido keep people better but every person is different thank to Erard sensei to give us the opportunity to lesson Janet sensei interview long live to aikido ;-)
Another excellent interview , very rich and informative . I liked when they mentioned the beginners and how they should be treated . Also I liked the fact that you will not feel better in your life only because you practice Aikido and that you should practice seriously ... Keep up the good work Guillaume , you are enriching Aikido history , hope to meet you one day in Hombo dojo :-)
Thanks a lot!
Really enjoyable interview! Great questions about the gender issue within Aikido as well!
Thanks! It can be a sensitive topic and I tried to let the stakeholders express themselves without infusing too much of my own opinions.
Happy Days Janet!
wise words ... thank you
great!
I recognize the lobby of the hotel in Takasaki, where we were staying during IAF congress 2016. I was there with my girlfriend.... Nice. Thank you, mr Erard!
Not the quietest location but we made it work! I had to ask the staff to cut the piano track because I felt that they actually made it louder after we began the interview :)
Énorme effort. Pour une femme d'atteindre ce niveau. Mon profond respect.
This is great ....... there's a lot of things I learned by watching this. Some of is scary !
I'd like to meet Janet sensei !
Очень и очень достойное интервью!
Excellent wisdom all around, particularly in the teaching aspects and the comments about whether simply practicing techniques makes great character.
This would be an excellent person to learn under.
Nice one Guillaume. I really liked some of the questions and Janet's replies! Specially at 28:35mn...
Thanks Cyril! You two know each other right?
Well will she remember me as it was a long time ago? :o)
They forgot to ask her one important question: have you ever had to use aikido in a real life and death situation? a woman whose traveling all over the world as Janet senei must have had at least one incident where she had to use her art to defend herself. it was still a good interview, very honest and very insiteful. thank you for your cander. sensei
Haber regresado al entrenamiento de Aikido después de 2 años , es definitivamente lo mejor que pude hacer , excelente vídeo ! , me encanto conocer a esta Sensei de quien no sabia .
nice
Another interesting and informative interview Guillaume. As a now middle aged woman, when I began learning Aikido and Ninjutsu In Australia a number of years ago, I was pretty much the only female at the classes I went to at the dojo. The biggest issue was I was the newest student for a period of time and I really struggled with learning with other way more advanced students. I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere really. Having beginner only classes would have been helpful. I also got sick and tired of being asked out by a lot of guys after every training session (I learn't archery as well and same happened there as well). I was there to learn martial arts, not to get a date!!! I ended up leaving both arts because I got despondent that I was getting nowhere and having to justify my being there. I hope it is different now.
It may have been that martial arts was not for you, but assuming that you really wanted to do it, it sounds more likely that you hadn't yet found a school that was right for you. If it's something that you would really like to do, I would really encourage you to get back into a martial art that you like, be that aikido or something else. I've trained some different martial arts for a long time and I've trained with and sometimes learned from some women who really got a lot out of their training or even got really good at it. In my own experience training with women, I would say that they do tend to be physically weaker and there can be some issues training together, but I've met a few dedicated and skillful ones that really can throw somebody like me around. There were some ladies at different schools that I learned at who really seemed to enjoy their training and find a lot of meaning in it. I would say you could really get a lot out of martial arts if you find a teacher or a school that is right for you. It's never too late to get back into it.
I believe that the unknown person is Nobu Arakawa who was a Sensei of mine for a short period in Tampa Florida
Thanks you!
What is ukemi? (I'm only about to start learning aikido)
LukaszVT The art of fall
It comes from the verb, ukeru (受ける) which means to receive. In this sense, it means to recieve someone's technique.
The print is very small. Not very discernible.
A lovely girl 💕
AIKIDO...
SHOU de BOLA !!!
Ótimas Energias...
...... Good Vibes......
P A R A B É N S !!!
I love Aikido. It needs new blood, though. The slant towards elders is a huge issue.
The best in uk is sensei Terry Ezra!!!
What an inspiring Lady. I cannot believe someone would be so arrogant as to not take ukemi for a woman!
Salut Janet tu es superbe Amicalement Jean Pascal
Alan Ruddock - RIP sensei.
Has Alan Ruddock passed? He was a lovely man…very quietly spoken…great stories about O Sensei. Bless him
Yes, few years ago.
I have just looked it up…in 2012. I had no idea..I'm saddened to hear this tonight. Thank you anyway.
可能性無限なり
She has just put me off her style of Akido. Not only is she ageist and sexist. If it was a man saying all that she would be screaming sexisim. Double- standards,. I have given advice to both men and women during my martial arts career(which has spanned over thirty years off and on), but never in a patronising or condescending way. Just to be helpful and boost confidence. That's all. What she said herself about the attitude of men was extremely condescending as well as patronising. I thought being helpful and thoughtful to one's fellow students was an essential part of of martial arts training. My originally high estimation of her as a martial artist has really gone down.