(b. April 1948) 6th Dan Aikikai, 1995. B. Chiba Prefecture. Graduated in engineering from Ibaraki University. Trained at Ibaraki University’s Engineering faculty dojo, and in Iwama under Morihiro SAITO from 1967...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldNobuo Takase たかせのぶお
Aikikai Shihan. Relocated to New Zealand in the late 1960s and appointed official representative of the AIKIKAI HOMBU in the late 1970s. Currently operates a dojo in Auckland. Shinryukan Dojo, 157 St. Johns Rd. ...
Sadao Takaoka 高岡貞雄
(b. 1916). 8th dan Aikikai. Aikikai Shihan. B. Wakayama Prefecture. Wakayama-ken Shibu Dojo, 34 Nakano-shima, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken 640 Japan (0734)31-5891.
Yukiyoshi Takamura
(1928-March 2000). Shindo Yoshin-ryu shihan. B. Otsu, Japan. Began martial training in his grandfather, Shigeta Ohbata’s dojo in Tokyo around the age of six. At age 16, Takamura was symbolically awarded the family...
Saigo Takamori 高森西郷
(1827-1877). B. Kagoshima Prefecture of samurai caste. One of the leaders involved in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate and restoration of power to the Emperor. Led an uprising in 1877 known as the Satsuma...
Isao Takahashi 高橋一佐男
(1912-6 February 1972). 7th dan Aikikai [awarded posthumously]. B. Maui, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from age five to ten. Attained high rankings in kendo and judo. Takahashi was one of the first to study aikido under Koichi...
Hideo Takahashi 高橋英雄
(b. c. 1935). A high-standing member of the BYAKKO SHIN KOKAI church which was founded by Masahisa GOI, a personal friend of Morihei UESHIBA. Takahashi had regular contact with Ueshiba in the mid-1960s and made...
Francis Takahashi
(b. 26 August 1943). 6th dan Aikikai. Step-son of Isao TAKAHASHI. Began practice in 1953 in Honolulu, Hawaii. One of the pioneers of aikido in the Los Angeles and Chicago areas. Currently active in real estate sales, he...
Kiyoichi Takagi 高木喜代子
(26 December 1894-4 May 1972). KODOKAN Judo, 9th dan Shihan. B. Nagasaki. First taught judo at age 13 in Nagasaki. Entered the Kodokan on 21 March 1914. His connection to aikido stems from the fact that he taught judo...