(b. 1942). Birthname: Mamoru. 8th dan Aikikai (2001). B. Fukushima Prefecture. Aikikai Shihan. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI c. 1964. Dispatched to Fukuoka as an Aikikai representative in 1970. Has...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldSeiichi Sugano 菅野誠一
(17 December 1939-29 August 2010). 8th dan Aikikai (1996). Aikikai Shihan. B. Hokkaido. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in 1959. Dispatched to Sydney, Australia in 1965 where he remained for 15 years...
Roy Y. Suenaka
U. S. Air Force retired. Aikido and karate instructor. First taught aikido by Koichi TOHEI in Hawaii in 1953. Early foreign practitioner at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO. Established the first aikido dojo in Okinawa in 1961...
John V. Stone
(b. 26 May 1947). 4th dan Aikikai- Aikido Schools of Ueshiba. Computer programmer/ aikido instructor. Began training in Madison, Wisconsin in 1974. Opened Aikido of Madison c. 1984 with his wife, Robin Cooper. Aikido of...
James R. Stewart
(b. 14 April 1949). 6th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Artist. Began training in Toronto in 1973. Trained under Takeshi KIMEDA and Mitsugoro Karasawa. ofounded Seidokan dojo in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada in 1990 together with...
John Stevens
(b. 1947). American Buddhist scholar and long-time resident of Japan. Author of numerous books on Buddhism and Japanese culture including The Way of Harmony dealing with the aikido of Rinjiro SHIRATA, 9th dan of...
Roland Spitzbarth
(b. 1948). 6th dan Aikikai. Silversmith. Began training in 1976 at Aikido of San Francisco in California, USA. After training for several years in California, returned to Switzerland and trained for a time under...
Birger Sorensen
(b. 24 March 1955). 3rd dan Aikikai. President of organic chemistry R&D company. First taught by Minoru KANETSUKA in London in 1976. After practicing one year, returned to Tromso, Norway where he established the...