As a holiday gift to the aikido community, Aikido Journal has created a new version of our Principal Disciples of Morihei Ueshiba chart, originally developed by AJ founder Stanley Pranin. We hope you’ll enjoy and...
Category - Encyclopedia
Josh GoldAiki Expo
The Aiki Expo events were major aikido seminars sponsored by Aikido Journal and conceived and organized by Stanley Pranin that gathered together many high-ranking teachers from Aikido, Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, classical...
Aiuchi 合打
Mutual strike or cut. Sword term used to describe the circumstance where two swordsmen strike each other simultaneously. In AIKI KEN terminology, often used in contradistinction to AINUKE where neither swordsman can...
Mitsue Yamagata 山形みつえ
(b. 15 February 1948). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA 1983 [rank authenticated]. B. Gunma Prefecture. Office worker. First taught by Tsuneko MIYAKE in 1965 and, beginning the following year, at the Aoyama Wrestling Center by...
Shigemi Yonekawa 米川成美
(27 July 1910-28 July 2005). Also Seibi and Takaaki. B. Ooarai, Ibaragi Prefecture. First attended an AIKI BUDO seminar in IWAMA sponsored by the BUDO SEN’YOKAI in August 1932. Entered the KOBUKAN DOJO as an...
Yushinkan Dojo
Dojo operated by famous swordsman Hakudo NAKAYAMA near Korakuen in Tokyo in the 1920s and 30s.
Giorgio Veneri
(25 February 1937-30 March 2005). Early Italian practitioner who first trained aikido under Motokage KAWAMUKAI in 1964. Instrumental in establishing Hiroshi TADA as an instructor in Italy. Elected president of the...
Seigo Yamaguchi 山口清吾
(13 April 1924-24 January 1996). 8th dan Aikikai. B. Fukuoka Prefecture. Aikikai Shihan. Began training at AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO c. 1951 and quickly rose through the ranks. Dispatched to Burma in 1958 where he remained for...
Katsumi Yonezawa 米沢克巳
(6 May 1937). B. Hokkaido. 7th dan Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu-Kodokai. Junior high school teacher. Fluent in English. First taught by Kodo HORIKAWA. Has traveled to the U. S. , Mexico and Canada teaching Daito-ryu since the...
Zaidan Hojin Aikikai 財団法人合気会
Aikikai Foundation. The Zaidan Hojin Aikikai was established on 9 February 1948 and is the legal entity under which the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO operates.
Jack Wada
5th dan Aikikai. Began training c. 1969. Taught by Michio HIKITSUCHI in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture in early 1970s. Also an instructor of T’ai Chi Ch’uan. Presently operates a dojo in San Jose, California...
Shogo Yamaguchi 山口しょうご
(b. 1 January 1949). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1983 [rank authenticated]. B. Tokyo. Graduate in Law of Waseda University. Business owner. First taught by TOMIKI and Hideo OHBA in 1967 as a member of the WASEDA...