(1876-1969). Also Saburo. B. Fukuoka Prefecture. Became a military investigator at age 16. Left Japan in 1902 and wandered about Mongolia. After Russo-Japanese War, Nakamura suffered from tuberculosis. He went to the U...
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Josh GoldKiyoshi Nakakura 中倉清
(1910-9 February 2000). B. Kagoshima Prefecture. Began kendo as a boy and entered the Daidokan Dojo at 17 with the goal of becoming a kendo professional. One of the top students of famous swordsman Hakudo NAKAYAMA...
Michael Daishiro Nakajima
(b. 9 Nov 1943). 7th Dan Shihan Aikikai (2016), 9th Dan Shihan Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Bokuyokan (2015). Religious education teacher and aikido instructor. B. in Tokyo, Japan. First taught aikido by Masando SASAKI and...
Gorozo Nakajima 中島五郎蔵
(b. c. 1908). B. Niigata Prefecture. One of the top students of famous swordsman Hakudo NAKAYAMA. Entered the YUSHINKAN DOJO at age 17 in 1924. Known as one of the samba garasu (three crows, roughly equivalent to the...
Masakatsu Nakai 中井正勝
Middle school teacher in Sakai, Osaka. Teacher of Yagyu Shingan-ryu Jujutsu with whom Morihei UESHIBA studied in the early 1900s in Kai-machi, Sakai City, near Osaka. The Nakai dojo opened on 19 September 1891. Ueshiba...
Naginata 薙刀
Halberd. A traditional weapon sometimes as long as ten feet; it is still used today, most commonly by women.
Hiromichi Nagano 長野弘道
(19 June 1947 to 1 December 2017). 8th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Professional aikido instructor and official representative for YOSHINKAN AIKIDO in Germany. Extensive judo background. Member of Metropolitan Police Martial...
Robert Nadeau
(b. 1940). 7th dan Aikikai. Professional aikido instructor. An early practitioner and pioneer of aikido in California. Nadeau began practice in the late 1950s and spent more than two years studying at the AIKIKAI HOMBU...
Musubi 結び
Knot; tie. The concept of a link between the attacker and defender permitting the smooth execution of techniques. See AWASE.