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List Of Aikidoka
This is a list of famous and well-known aikido practitioners ('' aikidōka'') sorted by area of primary residence. Direct students of Morihei Ueshiba are marked with an asterisk* Japan The Ueshiba family *Morihei Ueshiba - founder of Aikido, often referred to as Ōsensei. *Kisshomaru Ueshiba - son of founder, second ''Dōshu''* *Moriteru Ueshiba - son of Kisshomaru, third and current ''Dōshu'' *Mitsuteru Ueshiba - son of Moriteru and presumed successor Other Japanese aikidoka Non-Japanese in Japan *Jacques Payet Australia Europe North America South East Asia * Benjamin Galarpe South America *Reishin Kawai Literature * Pranin, Stanley A, ed. Aikido masters: prewar students of Morihei Ueshiba. Tokyo: Aiki News. 1993. This volume contains 14 in-depth interviews with direct participants in the early days of Aikidpublisher * Stone, John and Meyer, Ron (eds.) ''Aikido in America'' North Atlantic Books 1995. Interviews limited to 13 aikidoists in the United States f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aikido
Aikido ( , , , ) is a modern Japanese martial art that is split into many different styles, including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practiced in around 140 countries. It was originally developed by Morihei Ueshiba, as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy and religious beliefs. Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attackers from injury. Aikido is often translated as "the way of unifying (with) life energy" or as "the way of harmonious spirit". According to the founder's philosophy, the primary goal in the practice of aikido is to overcome oneself instead of cultivating violence or aggressiveness. Morihei Ueshiba used the phrase to refer to this principle. Aikido's fundamental principles include: (entering), , (breathing control), (triangular principle) and (turning) movements that redirect the oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masatomi Ikeda
Masatomi Ikeda (池田 昌富, いけだ まさとみ, ''Ikeda Masatomi'') (April 8, 1940 – June 21, 2021) was a Japanese aikido teacher who held the rank of 7th dan Aikikai.The Aiki News Encyclopedia of Aikido by Stanley A. Pranin. Tokyo 1991.Entry in the Encyclopedia of Aikido Journal Biography Masatomi Ikeda was born in Tokyo, Japan. He was already interested in and sports in general when he was young which resulted in achieving a 5th dan in |
Tetsuro Nariyama
Tetsuro Nariyama (成山 哲郎 born November 21, 1947) was born in Yamadera, Yamagata Prefecture and is a Japanese aikido teacher, the technical director of the Shodokan Aikido Federation and chief instructor (Shihan) of the Shodokan Hombu Dojo in Osaka, Japan. He was appointed to the latter position by the creator of this style Kenji Tomiki, one of Morihei Ueshiba's early students. At 9th Dan he is the highest-ranking Shodokan instructor in the world and travels internationally to teach aikido. In addition to his studies with Kenji Tomiki he lived as uchideshi to Hirokazu Kobayashi for six years effectively learning aikido from the founder of aikido Morihei Ueshiba's first and last generation deshi. During that time he introduced Tomiki's randori method to university aikido clubs under Kobayashi's control. He has co-authored the book Aikido Tradition and the Competitive Edge with Fumiaki Shishida. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minoru Mochizuki
was a Japanese martial artist who founded the dojo Yoseikan. He was a 10th dan in Aikido, 9th dan in Jujutsu, 8th dan in Iaido, 8th dan in Judo, 8th dan in Kobudo, 5th dan in Kendo, 5th dan in Karate, and a 5th dan in Jojutsu. Mochizuki was one of the direct students of Judo founder Jigoro Kano, Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba and Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate. Believing that the martial arts had become distorted by specialization into separate disciplines or transformed into sports, Mochizuki achievement was to assemble back the major techniques of the Japanese martial tradition into a single structure, as it was once practised. He oversaw the development of the system from his home in Shizuoka, Japan, where his dojo, the Yoseikan, was often visited by martial arts practitioners from all over the world. Early life On April 7, 1907, Mochizuki was born in Shizuoka, Japan. Mochizuki, began by training in kendo at the age of five, at his grandfather's dojo in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuji Maruyama
is a style of Aikido, founded by Shuji Maruyama.Gaku Homma"Silent Pioneer: Shuji Maruyama Sensei, Kokikai Founder," Aikido Journal, November 17, 2002Gaku Homma"A New Leader in Iwama," Aikido Journal, March 8th, 2004 The organization is called ''Kokikai Aikido International''. The Kokikai style emphasizes natural movement, ki development, relaxation, good posture and mind-body coordination. It is a minimalist martial art that focuses on making techniques effective while using little physical effort. An axiom of the style is “minimum effort for maximum effect.” The name Kokikai means “school of radiant ki”. The style lists four basic principles: *Keep One point (to develop calmness) *Relax progressively *Find Correct Posture (in everything) *Develop your Positive Mind The style was founded by Shuji Maruyama, and continues to be led by him. He continues to develop the art, so there is no set textbook way of performing any technique. Maruyama was originally sent to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koretoshi Maruyama
Koretoshi Maruyama (born 5 October 1936) is a Japanese people, Japanese aikido instructor and founder of Aikido Yuishinkai (合氣道唯心会), he was an uchideshi of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba and also a student of Koichi Tohei. Aikido Koretoshi Maruyama first began studying aikido at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1956 as well as training at the Keio University Aikido Club. After he graduated from Keio University, he continued his training in aikido, while working in the family business. In 1967 he delegated his responsibilities in the family business so that he could become a full time professional aikido instructor and he became an uchi deshi of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba who awarded him the rank of 6th Dan in aikido. by Clement Choo, April 12th, 2010 < ...
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Takako Kunigoshi
Takako Kunigoshi (1909–2000) was a Japanese practitioner of aikido. She was an early student of Morihei Ueshiba and was one of the first female instructors of the martial art. Kunigoshi joined Ueshiba's Kobukan dojo in 1933, while still a student at the Women's Fine Arts University. Her artwork was used in Ueshiba's book '' Budo Renshu'', Fujiko Suzuki's Yamato-ryu Goshin Jutsu, and Morihei Ueshiba's Aikido Maki-no-Ichi and she also painted at least one portrait of him. She taught at the personal dojo of Isamu Takeshita as well as teaching self-defence courses for women. After World War II, Kunigoshi retired from aikido, and devoted her time to the study of chado The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or ) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of , powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called . While in the West it is known as "tea ceremony", it is sel .... References Japanese aikidoka 1909 births 2000 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuo Kobayashi
is a Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan Aikikai. Kobayashi was born in Kudan, Chiyoda-ku, in Tokyo. Though he started practicing judo as a child at the Kodokan, he eventually switched to aikido soon after starting university and he entered the Aikikai Hombu dojo as an uchideshi under Morihei Ueshiba in 1954. In 1969, he established his own dojo in Kodaira. He is also responsible for the aikido clubs at the Meiji University, Saitama University, and the Tokyo Economics University. He is regularly invited to teach abroad, in Taiwan, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Canada (Calgary), the Nishida Dojo and Shikanai Dojos in Brazil, Germany, South Korea and the United States. As of January, 2003, there are 120 groups that are directly controlled or more loosely affiliated to Kobayashi's organisation ''Aikido Kobayashi Dojo''. For its efforts to spread aikido among people, the Kobayashi Dojo received an organizational award for excellence from the Japan Budo Council i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhiro Konishi
was one of the first karateka to teach karate on mainland Japan. He was instrumental in developing modern karate, as well as a driving force in the art's acceptance in Japan. He is credited with developing the style known as Shindō jinen-ryū (神道自然流). Early life Yasuhiro Konishi was born in 1893 in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. In 1899 he began training in Muso Ryu jujutsu, then kendo when he was 13 and later, Takenouchi-ryū jujutsu and judo. In 1915, he entered Keio University in Tokyo. Konishi's first exposure to te was through Tsuneshige Arakaki, who was from Okinawa. Konishi quit his job in 1923 to open a martial arts center. Naming his dojo the Ryobu-Kan ("The House of Martial Arts Excellence"), Konishi provided instruction in kendo and jujutsu.Shindo Jinen-Ryu by Howard High at Dragon Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirokazu Kobayashi (aikidoka)
(February 14, 1929 – August 28, 1998) was a Japanese aikido teacher and student of the founder of aikido Morihei Ueshiba. In 1970, at the age of 41, he was awarded 8th dan rank. He is the initiator of Kobayashi aikido (国際合気道研修会小林裕和派). Early life and the Pacific War Already by the age of 7 years, Kobayashi was studying karate, kendo and judo. At 15, he was stationed as a kamikaze pilot on an aircraft carrier. When it came to his deployment, a technical defect prevented his airplane from joining his flight. The remaining members of his flight died. Before he could come to the next "last deployment", the aircraft carrier was torpedoed by a submarine and sank. Kobayashi was one of the few survivors. After staying in the water for as long as four days with bad injuries, he was rescued. He had held fast during the entire time to wood planks and barrels. Aikido In 1946 his karate teacher gave him a recommendation letter for Morihei Ueshiba. With this let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Kato (Aikido)
; (1935 – 2 December 2012) was an Aikido Master (8th Dan). He lived in Tokyo, Japan, and travelled the world teaching the principles of Aikido. A former student of Morihei Ueshiba, Sensei Kato taught from 1986 onwards in his Dojo "Suginami Aikikai" (affiliated to Aikikai World Headquarters) located in the Ogikubo district of Tokyo and has over 55 students. Early life and training Kato-sensei was born in Tokyo. He began Aikido training in 1954 at Aikido World Headquarters (Hombu Dojo) under the instruction of the Founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba otherwise known as O’Sensei. Introduced to the Aikikai Hombu Dojo through his mother’s network of connections when he was 19, he trained there daily as well as spending long hours perfecting his personal practice. Working during the day as a printer, he attended classes at night, and for this reason he was unable to be an uchideshi, and does not appear in early photographs with them. He continued to train for over 52 years a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Isoyama
is a Japanese people, Japanese teacher of the martial art of aikido. He began training in the Iwama Dojo at the age of 12 as a direct student of the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba in June 1949. He currently holds the rank of 8th dan rank, dan shihan in the Aikikai and is that organization's Technical Councillor. Isoyama was made the acting head of the Iwama dojo on behalf of Ueshiba Moriteru following the passing of Morihiro Saito. He currently remains as Executive Advisor and senior instructor of that dojo. Over a long career in the martial arts, he has been Chief of Defensive Tactics for the Japan Self Defense Force Academy, and also instructed the U.S. Army in self-defense tactics. He joined the Air Self-Defense Forces in 1958 and was sent to Chitose Air Base, Chitose. His first students were members of the American military police and eventually included members of his own country's forces. Along with Hiroshi Tada, Isoyama formed a committee for the construction of a lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
