Jacques Payet, Yoshinkan Aikido master

The Yoshinkan Aikido dojo in Takadanobaba, Tokyo.

This was the first time I’ve photographed, or even seen, Aikido and was for my new job.  I was very kindly invited by 7th Dan master Jacques Payet.

My first impression of Aikido training was that it looks like a mixture of effortless grace and intense pain — no doubt depending on which side of the attack you are.

The full story is on the EURObiZ Japan website.

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11 Responses to “Jacques Payet, Yoshinkan Aikido master”

  1. Twitted by bloglinkjapan says:
    February 17, 2010 at 1:49 am

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  2. Thorsten Schreck says:
    February 17, 2010 at 2:08 am

    I like the photos and Mr. Jacques Payet looks very cool. I wouldn’t have any problems with him ;)

    Greetings from Germany
    Tarvios

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  3. Keith Crowley says:
    February 26, 2010 at 10:56 am

    Hi Tony – when taking these indoor shots with artificial lighting did you do anything special? ….. like adjusting the white balance?

    Cheers
    Keith

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  4. Mel says:
    March 6, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    osu sensei! beautiful photos, outstanding point of view!

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  5. Keith Crowley says:
    March 7, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    Hi Again Tony – any reason why you chose to use Photoshop to play with the RAW image instead of the SW that came with your camera? better at it? more versatile? … just picking your brains as I`m `getting back` into photography & trying to dabble with all this digital stuff :-) thx

    Keith

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    • tony says:
      March 7, 2010 at 9:48 pm

      The Photoshop Camera Raw is pretty good, although I’ve being using the Lightroom 3 Beta recently. I’ve got a feeling I’ll switch to that when it goes on sale.

      Its a while since I’ve used any of the Nikon software. I’ve heard the quality of the RAW conversion is slightly better than Photoshop (the colors are nicer), but it was pretty slow when I used it. May well be better now.

      Lightroom or Aperture is probably your best bet by the sounds of it.

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  6. Paule Saviano says:
    March 15, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    Looks like a fun assignment to shoot.

    Paule
    http://www.paulepictures.com
    http://www.paulepcitures.com/blog

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  7. jean-luc says:
    April 20, 2010 at 3:54 pm

    Jean-Luc de l’ile de la réunion je voudrais savoir de quel pays est Jacques Payet?

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  8. LoKR says:
    August 12, 2010 at 12:24 am

    De la réunion Jean-luc, de la Chaloupe saint-leu exactement

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  9. Saint Jo Aïkido says:
    October 29, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    Aujourd’hui il y a une page concernant M° Jacques Payet dans un supplément du journal de l’ile de La Réunion .
    Bonne journée .
    Saint Jo Aïkido

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