(b. 12 April 1951). 5th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Management consultant. Began training in 1974 in Toronto, Canada. Taught until 1985 by Takeshi KIMEDA and Takashi KUSHIDA. Then trained at the YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Hombu Dojo in Tokyo (1985-87). Graduate of a nine-month Yoshinkan instructor’s course in 1986. Instructor and co-founder of Halton Hills Yoshinkan Aikido Association. Mr. Alister Thomson, 17 Park Avenue, Acton, Ontario L7J 1Y3 Canada (519)853-2040.
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...
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...
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...
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