(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...
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Josh GoldKiyoyuki Terada 寺田清幸
(20 March 1922-13 July 2009). 9th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. B. Nagasaki Prefecture. First taught by DOSHU Kisshomaru UESHIBA at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in 1951. Presently serves as the shihan of Takushoku University and...
Tenryu 天竜
(1 November 1903-20 August 1989). Born Saburo Wakuta. B. Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Famous sumo wrestler who entered the Dewanoumi Sumo stable in 1920, and gained promotion to sekiwake, sumo’s third highest...
Tenkan 転換
Turn; used to refer to a pivoting movement or turn executed as the initial or secondary movement of a technique. See also IRIMI. Tenryu (1988)
Tenjin Shin’yo Ryu Jujutsu 天神真楊流柔術
Traditional Japanese jujutsu school which is one of the major sources of judo techniques. Morihei UESHIBA studied this art for a period of a few months in Tokyo c. 1900 under Tokusaburo TOZAWA. It probably had little...
Tendokan 天道館
An organization established by Kenji SHIMIZU, former UCHIDESHI of the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO, in the mid-1970s, independent of the Aikikai organization. Tendokan Dojo, 2-13-15 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154 Japan (03)413...
Tenchinage 天土投げ
Heaven and earth throw. A technique where one brings one’s hand upward (heaven) under the chin of the attacker and then downward with the other hand (earth) to execute the throw.
Tempukai 天風会
A self-development organization built around the activities of Tempu NAKAMURA, founder of Shinshin Toitsu Do, who had a major influence on Koichi TOHEI, Hiroshi TADA, Tadashi ABE and others training at the AIKIKAI HOMBU...
Tegatana 手がたな
Hand sword or blade; used to execute a strike with the side of the hand, usually as an ATEMI.