3rd teaching; used in aikido to refer to a twisting movement of the wrist and fingers used to unbalance an opponent.
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldSankajo 三か条
3rd teaching; an older term borrowed from DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU and which, in the aikido context, means essentially the same as SANKYO. Still used in YOSHINKAN AIKIDO.
Sandan 三段
Third rank or grade. Third degree black belt in martial arts ranking systems.
Fumio Sakurai さくらいふみお
(b. 20 August 1954). 6th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. B. Tokyo. Yoshinkan Aikido Shihan. Began training in May 1970 at the YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Yoyogi Dojo under Gozo SHIODA. Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo, Kami Ochiai 2-28-8, Shinjuku-ku...
Kenkichi Sakakibara 榊原鍵吉
(1830-1894). Famous swordsman who taught Jikishinkage-ryu in Tokyo in the late 19th century. One of the early teachers of Sokaku TAKEDA for about a two-year period beginning c. 1873.
Kinuyo Sakai さかいきぬよ
(b. 1 January 1947). B. Tokyo. 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1983 [rank authenticated], 5th dan judo, 4th dan jodo; also practices t’ai chi ch’uan. Judo and aikido instructor. Began aikido at age 15 at the...
Patricia Rene Saiz
(b. 1952). 3rd dan Yoseikan Budo, 1989 [rank authenticated]. Administrator, Alabama State Developmental Center. First taught by Glenn PACK at the University of Alabama in 1974. Studied under Minoru MOCHIZUKI at the...
Morihiro Saito 斉藤守弘
(31 March 1928-13 May 2002). 9th dan Aikikai. B. Ibaragi Prefecture. Retired Japan National Railways and Aikikai Shihan. First taught by Morihei UESHIBA in Iwama in the summer of 1946. Received the property on which his...