Hiroshi Ikeda (池田 裕 ''Ikeda Hiroshi'', born 1950) is a
Japanese aikido teacher in the
United States. He holds the rank of 7th ''
dan'' (''
shihan'') from the
Aikikai
The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido. It is centered on the Aikikai#Aikikai Foundation, Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Aikikai#Doshu, Doshu (the family heir of the founder of Aikido). It is represented globally thr ...
.
He is the most senior student of
Mitsugi Saotome of
Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (ASU).
Ikeda was born in
Tokyo and began studying aikido in 1968 while attending college at
Kokugakuin University in Tokyo. He relocated to
Sarasota, Florida in 1976, and taught there under Saotome from 1978-1979. In 1980, he moved to
Boulder, Colorado
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to establish a
dojo
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there under Saotome's ASU organization.
In January, 2015 Saotome decided to recognize Ikeda as an independent instructor so that he can pursue his own objectives apart from ASU.
Ikeda currently lives in Boulder, where he operates his dojo, Boulder Aikikai. He also travels frequently to conduct seminars both in the United States and abroad.
References
External links
Boulder Aikikai国際合気道講習大会 , 講師紹介/Instructors
1950 births
American aikidoka
Living people
Sportspeople from Tokyo
Japanese emigrants to the United States
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