(b. 1945). 5th dan Aikikai. M. A. in Spanish from University of California at Los Angeles in 1968. Magazine editor. Fluent in Japanese. First taught YOSHINKAN AIKIDO by Virgil CRANK in August 1962 in Lomita, California...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldBrian Powers
(b. 25 July 1946). 3rd dan Aikikai. Commercial artist. Began training in 1970 with United Kingdom Aikido Federation in London. Operates a dojo in Queensland, Australia. Aikidokan Dojo, Victoria Point Public Hall...
Yves Pierlot
(b. 27 February 1951). 5th dan Belgian Aikikai. General Secretary of the Belgian Aikikai. B. in Seraing, Belgium. First taught aikido by G. Shiffelers in 1966. Trained at Aikikai Hombu Dojo in June 1974. Studied under...
Jacques Payet
(b. 24 August 1957). 4th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Yoshinkan Aikido Jokyo. Began training c. 1980. Member of the staff of the Aikido Yoshinkan International newsletter. Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo, Kami Ochiai 2-28-8, Shinjuku-ku...
Charles A. Parry
(23 September 1869-25 March 1949). B. Calcutta of British parents. Probably the first foreigner to have ever studied DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU. Parry’s name was recorded in pencil in roman script in the EIMEIROKU of...
Delmar Glenn Pack
(b. 1948). 4th dan Yoseikan Budo, 1989 [rank authenticated]. Clinical psychologist. Began training in Alabama in 1967. Studied under Minoru MOCHIZUKI at the YOSEIKAN Hombu on four occasions in Shizuoka, Japan. Founded...
Hokushu Ozawa 大澤北州
(b. 14 September 1951). B. Iwate Prefecture. Studied Wado-ryu Karate from 1964. Began aikido at the Sapporo branch dojo of the AIKIKAI HOMBU in 1970 and later became an instructor. From 1974-1981 practiced at the...
Takayuki Oyamada おやまだたかゆき
(b. 5 November 1954). 3rd dan Yoshinkan Aikido. B. Tokyo. Yoshinkan Aikido Shidoin. Began training in 1984 at the YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Koganei Dojo under Gozo SHIODA. Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo, Kami Ochiai 2-28-8, Shinjuku-ku...
Lionel Oudart
(b. 1942). 3rd dan Aikido-IMAF, 1981 [rank authenticated]. Instructor of martial arts and yoga. Also holds 2nd dan in judo and Katori Shinto-ryu. Began martial arts training c. 1965. Trained in aikido and AIKI BUDO...