Certified instructor designated to teach as the representative of the headmaster. Tokimune TAKEDA appointed Katsuyuki KONDO to act in this capacity in May 1988.
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldSoke 宗家
Head family or house; used in martial arts context to refer to the individual who is the blood successor of a martial art tradition.
Soden
11 training manuals based on the techniques of Morihei Ueshiba and Sokaku TAKEDA privately published by Takuma HISA. Formal title, Daito-ryu Aiki Budo Densho Zen Juikkan Mokuroku. Comprises the technical core of the...
Robert E. Simmons
(b. 1936). 4th dan American International Ki Development and Philosophical Society [rank authenticated]. Lead designer, electronics packaging. First taught YOSEIKAN AIKIDO by Agusto Lodi in 1959. Operates University of...
Shodokan Aikido
Sometimes used to refer to TOMIKI AIKIDO, in particular as taught by Tetsuro NARIYAMA at his SHODOKAN dojo. Although it is said to have been the name preferred by Kenji TOMIKI for his aikido, it has not gained...
Shodokan しょううどかん
Lit., “Open Way Place.” JAPAN AIKIDO ASSOCIATION Kansai Hombu dojo. Founded 28 March 1976 by Kenji TOMIKI with Tetsuro NARIYAMA, now a JAA shihan, as resident instructor. Tomiki Sensei visited the dojo...