Mare SEYE - Aikido Interview (1/2)

Mare Seye is a 6th Dan professional Aikido instructor and long time student of Christian Tissier Shihan (8th Dan Aikikai). He started Aikido in France in 1987 and became a member of the National Technical College of the French Aikido Federation in 2005. He took on several technical positions within the French Aikido Federation over the years, most notably as the technical director of the Basse Normandie region from 2005 to 2011, and of the Île-de-France (Paris) region from 2013 to 2017. Mr Seye is also involved in the National Dan Examination Board and conducts seminars throughout the year in France and abroad. In this two-part interview, you will get to learn more about him and his beginnings in Aikido, and find out about his views on Aikido practice and teaching. 00:00 - How did you start Aikido? 03:41 - How did you decide to become an Aikido professional? 05:18 - How do you deal with the physical demands of the sport? 06:42 - Did your expectations towards your students change over the years? 08:10 - In spite of the large range in terms of investment, the criteria for dan examinations are the same for all. What do you make of this? 08:56 - When you are part of the the dan grades examination boards, do you modify your own criteria to fit those of the official regulations? 11:49 - Christian Tissier told me that after some time, some of his students find it difficult to follow him on his technical evolution. Do you try to follow this evolution? 17:52 - Are seminars a more suitable environment for you to display your own Aikido? 19:06 - In this context, what do you get from attending seminars from the other teachers? 21:29 - There are a large number of Aikido seminars in France, do you make recommendations to your students in terms of those to attend? -- SUBSCRIBE -- http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... -- SUPPORT MY WORK -- You can help me produce more videos via donations on: Patreon:   / guillaumeerard   Tipee: https://www.tipeee.com/guillaumeerard... You can also support me by sharing my videos with your friends and spreading the word about our work. -- CREDITS -- Writing, cinematography, music and editing by Guillaume Erard (http://www.guillaumeerard.com) -- ABOUT ME -- I am a martial arts enthusiast (5th Dan Aikido, 3rd Dan Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu) living in Tokyo, Japan, and I create videos and documentaries about Aikido and Budo. Check out my website: http://www.guillaumeerard.com If you like my videos, check my other channel dedicated to Japan:    / @tokyoinhd   -- FIND ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA -- Facebook:   / guillaumeerardcom   Twitter:   / guillaumeerard   GooglePlus: https://plus.google.com/+Guillaumeerard -- CAN I EMBED YOUR VIDEOS ON MY WEBSITE? -- Of course, you can embed my videos on your website. I am happy if you show my channel to your friends, fellow students, classmates, professors, teachers or neighbors. Or just share my videos on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit etc. Subscribe to my channel and like my videos with a thumbs up. -- EQUIPMENT I AM USING -- Panasonic Lumix GH5 Panasonic LUMIX G VARIO 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. Metabones Canon EF Lens to Micro Four Thirds T Speed Booster XL 0.64x Canon EOS 6D DSLR Camera Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 SP Di VC USD Lens 3 Axis Handheld Camera Gimbal | ZHIYUN Crane PLUS Glidecam XR-1000 Handheld Camera Stabilizer Tiffen 77mm Variable Neutral Density Filter 77VND GoPro Hero 4 Black Edition Rode VideoMic Pro Compact VMP Zoom H1 Ultra-Portable Digital Audio Recorder ATR3350 Omnidirectional Condenser Lavalier Microphone -- PATREON AND TIPEE SUPPORTERS -- Budoapp.ru (   / channel  ) Dave Whiteland Radim Smolka (   / @iaidokenjutsuolomouc  ) Fred Lespine Minh Pham Brice G Norbert Vogelmair deGoede N Olivier DC Brice G Harri-Pekka Virkki #aikido #mareseye #christiantissier