(b. 5 March 1954). 6th dan USAF Shidoin. Full-time aikido instructor since 1987. B. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. First taught aikido by Yoshimitsu YAMADA and Rick Stickles in 1977. Author of The Aikido Student Handbook (Frog Ltd.) and The Elements of Aikido. Chief instructor of Aikido Centers of New Jersey with four aikido dojo locations. Associated with Yoshimitsu YAMADA and has studied extensively with many direct students of Morihei Ueshiba and other prominent aikido teachers.
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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