(b. 19 May 1956). 8th dan Yoshinkan Aikido teacher. First taught by Takeshi KIMEDA in Toronto in 1977. Began training at YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Hombu Dojo in Tokyo in 1986. Winner of award for best demonstration at 1987 All...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldMushin Mugamae 無心無我前
Empty or open mind, empty or open stance. A favorite saying of Kenji TOMIKI, which refers to the flexibility and relaxed state of mind and body that is the goal of his aikido. Calligraphy by Tomiki with this phrase...
Musha Shugyo 武者修業
Warrior pilgrimage. In Japanese context, particularly during the Edo Period, refers to a samurai or martial artist wandering about from dojo to dojo to test his strength and hone his skills. See TARYUJIAI.
Aritoshi Murashige 村重有利
(7 January 1895-24 March 1964). Also Aritomo. A judoka and practitioner of Katori Shinto-ryu at the Kodokan together with Minoru MOCHIZUKI in the late 1920s. Began martial arts training in 1908. Entered the KOBUKAN DOJO...
Paul Muller
(b. c. 1948). 5th dan Aikikai. Professor of electronics in Strasbourg, France. A long-time French practitioner of aikido presently heading the Centre d’Etudes d’Aikido et de Budo (CEAB = Center for Aikido...
Masatoshi Morita 森田正利
(b. 1947). 5th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Aikido instructor. First taught by Gozo SHIODA in Tokyo in 1965. Moved to U. S. in 1974 and established the Aikido Yoshinkai in San Francisco in 1983. Aikido Yoshinkai Association of...
Michiharu Mori もりみちはる
(b. 22 May 1966). 6th dan Yoshinkan Aikido (2002). B. Toyama Prefecture. Yoshinkan Aikido Shidoin. Began training in 1985 at the Yoshinkan Shinjuku Dojo. Relocated to Australia in 1995. Has taught in Canada, India...
Hakaru Mori 森 恕
(b. 18 September 1931). 8th dan Takumakai. B. Kagawa Prefecture. Attorney. First taught DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU by Takuma HISA in July 1962. Received KYOJU DAIRI certification in June 1965 and 8th dan in November 1973...
Derek Morgan
(b. 1963). 2nd dan. Caretaker. Began training at Seishinkan Aikido Dojo in North Shields in 1981. Started own dojo in 1985 and in 1988 formed the North East Budo-Kai. Operates dojo in Tyne & Wear U. K. Aiki-O-Kami...
Mongolia, 1924 Expedition to
Morihei Ueshiba accompanied Onisaburo DEGUCHI to Mongolia in February 1924 on a secret expedition with the stated purpose of founding a religious colony there. Onisaburo and his party became enmeshed in local politics...