Senior. The sempai-kohai (senior-junior) relationship is particularly important in Japanese culture and permeates all areas of life. Japanese are always conscious of whether people they meet are above or below them in...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldSeiichi Seko
(c. 1910-c. 1999). An associate of Kinya FUJITA, began training at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO shortly after World War II and was one of the guiding influences in the early days of the Aikikai. A member of the Aikikai...
Masatake Sekiya
(8 October 1917-1 September 1996). 7th dan Aikikai. Attained rank of 2nd dan in judo before World War II. Began aikido c. 1960 through a connection with Nyoichi Sakurazawa, founder of macrobiotics. Trained especially...
Shoji Seki
(b. 6 March 1950). 8th dan Aikikai. Aikikai Shihan. B. Yamagata Prefecture. First practiced aikido in 1969 in Tokyo. Became professional instructor at AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in 1973. Has traveled to numerous countries...
Seiza 正座
Seated position. Aikido techniques include numerous movements executed from a seated posture.
Seishi
Holy or saintly teacher. Title used to refer to Onisaburo DEGUCHI, co-founder of the Omoto religion.
Tetsuo Seino 清野哲夫
(b. 14 February 1949). 3rd dan Aikikai. Dentist. Began training in 1976. Mr. Tetsuo Seino, 6-1-1 Honcho, Gosen-shi, Niigata-ken 959-16 Japan. (0250)42-2473.
Seika Tanden 臍下丹田
Central point of stomach located slightly below the navel; used to refer to the physical and spiritual center of human beings and popularized in the aikido context by Koichi TOHEI.
Seidokan Aikido せいどかん合気道
A form of aikido established by Roderick KOBAYASHI in 1981 emphasizing the balanced practice of principles and techniques. Strong influence of Koichi TOHEI’s SHINSHIN TOITSU AIKIDO principles and techniques...
Steven Seagal
(b. c. 1951) 6th dan Aikikai. B. Detroit, Michigan. Aikido instructor and movie actor. After studying karate under Fumio Demura, began practice of aikido in the late 1960s or early 1970’s at the Orange County...