(7 April 1907-30 May 2003). 10th dan Aikido IMAF, 9th dan jujutsu, 8th dan iaido, 8th dan judo, 8th dan kobudo, 5th dan kendo, 5th dan karate, 5th dan jojutsu. Began judo training at age five and entered the KODOKAN in...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldHiroo Mochizuki
(b. March 1936). 9th dan karate, 8th dan Yoseikan Aikido, 8th dan jujutsu, 7th dan iaido, 3rd dan judo. B. Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Graduate in Veterinary Science of Nihon University. Eldest son of Minoru...
Kenzo Miyazawa
(b. 1937). 6th dan Aikikai. B. 1937 in Ichikawa, Chiba. First taught kendo by his father as a child and later kempo in junior high school. In 1955 enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University, majoring in economics. Began...
Tsuruzo Miyamoto 宮本鶴蔵
(b. 3 March 1953). B. Fukuoka, Kyushu. 7th dan Aikikai. Aikikai shihan. First taught aikido by Morito SUGANUMA. Trained at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO from 1975-1979 as an apprentice instructor under the tutelage of...
Tsuneko Miyake
6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA; also 6th dan judo and 6th dan jodo. Teaches judo at the Budokan School, Tokyo. Early student of Kenji TOMIKI and Hideo OHBA, responsible for the initial training of high-ranking TOMIKI AIKIDO...
Misogi
Purification; ablution. Various ascetic and meditative practices to purify the body and spirit.
Menkyo Kaiden 免許皆伝
Certificate of advanced proficiency. Highest certificate of proficiency awarded in many traditional Japanese martial art systems. Sokaku TAKEDA is known to have awarded DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU menkyo kaiden to Takuma HISA...
Menkyo 免許
Teaching license. License awarded to students of many traditional Japanese martial arts.