Correct victory; victory over self. An expression coined by Morihei UESHIBA which often appears in his calligraphy.
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldShuji Maruyama
(b. 1 April 1940). 6th dan Aikikai. Graduate in economics from Nihon University. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in the late 1950s. Dispatched to Cleveland, Ohio in March 1966 and relocated to...
Manseikan 万生館
A dojo and organization established by Kanshu SUNADOMARI in the mid-1950s centered in Kyushu. More than 30 dojos currently form part of this organization. Manseikan, Kato Bldg. #53, 5-6 Tetori-honcho, Kumamoto-shi...
Thomas Makiyama
(1928-9 September 2005). 8th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. A long-time practitioner of aikido originally from Hawaii. Employed by the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces in post-war Japan. Authored an early book on aikido...
Elizabeth Lynn
(b. 8 June 1946). 6th dan Aikikai. Aikido teacher; fiction writer. B. in New York, NY. First taught Aikido by Isao TAKAHASHI in 1971. General Secretary of the United States Aikido Federation, Western Region. Affiliated...
David William Lynch
(b.1939). 6th dan Yoshinkan Aikido, 3rd dan Aikikai, 3rd dan Tendokan, 2nd dan Shinshin Toitsu aikido (ranks authenticated). Aikido instructor and tourism consultant. Began training at Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo under Gozo...
Fredrick J. Lovret
(b. 1 July 1941). Hiden Mokuroku, Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu-Kodokai [rank authenticated]. Menkyo Kaiden, Yamate-ryu Aikijutsu. Teaching certificate in Itto Tenshin-ryu Kenjutsu. Martial arts instructor and writer. Founder...
Giuseppe Lisco
(b. 1957). 4th dan CONI-FILPJ. Aikido instructor. First taught by Giorgio Oscari in 1973 in Modena, Italy. Trained in Japan as an UCHIDESHI in IWAMA under Morihiro SAITO in 1985 and 1987. Operates two dojos near Modena...
George Leonard
(b. 1923). 3rd dan Aikikai. Author. Contributing editor to Esquire magazine and author of numerous books such as Education and Ecstasy, The Ultimate Athlete (which deals at length with aikido) and The Silent Pulse. Has...