(3 May 1914 – 10 March 1984). 4th dan Aikikai, 6th dan Seitai. B. in Korea. Specialized in Chinese studies and ethnosociology in France with Marcel Granet and Marcel Mauss from 1934-1940 and became fluent in the...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldMasaaki Tsuchiya つちやまさあき
(b. 1957). Magazine publisher and editor. Graduate of Waseda University where he was a member of the Aikikai club. Editor of Aikido Magazine. Ray Publishing Co. , Ltd. , 2-1-19 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101...
Dang Thong Tri
(b. c. 1930). 6th dan Aikikai. B. Vietnam. Graduate of the Law Faculty, University of Paris, 1952; B. A. , M. A. , California State University, 1971, 1972. Martial arts instructor. Began training in the 1950s in Vietnam...
Tokusaburo Tozawa 戸沢徳三郎
(1848-1912). Teacher of TENJIN SHIN’YO-RYU JUJUTSU in Tokyo in late 1800s and early 1900s. Taught Morihei UESHIBA for brief period in 1901. Few details are known about the length or depth of Ueshiba’s study...
Fumio Toyoda 豊田文夫
(8 November 1947-4 July 2001). 6th dan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido. Graduate in law of Senshu University. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI under Koichi TOHEI and Kisshomaru UESHIBA in the late 1960s. Toyoda...
Julio Toribio
(b. 1955). 3rd dan Aikikai; 2nd dan karate, menkyo shihan (5th dan) in Hakko-ryu Jujutsu. Professional martial arts instructor. Vice-director of West Coast Hakko-ryu Association. Co-developer of the Model Mugging Self...
Masao Tonedate 刀禰館正雄
(Dates unknown). Editor at Osaka Asahi News in mid-to-late 1930s. One of two recipients of the MENKYO KAIDEN from Sokaku TAKEDA in 1939. The other person awarded this certification was Takuma HISA. Tonedate was not a...
Yoji Tomosue 友末洋治
5 July 1900 – 23 October 1988. B. Hiroshima Prefecture. Politician. Served for 14 years as governor of Ibaragi Prefecture starting 19 August 1945. Introduced to Morihei Ueshiba c. 1934 by Kenji TOMITA while...