Form. Series of prearranged movements performed individually or in pairs designed to teach basic movements in many martial arts. The use of kata in most styles of aikido is confined to practice with the KEN and JO; the...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldKoichi Kashiwaya かしわやこいち
(b. 1949). 8th dan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido; Okuden Shinshin Toitsu (Ki). Aikido instructor, KI lecturer. Began training at Rissho University in Tokyo in 1969. Chief Instructor of Ki Society (USA) and Midland Ki Society...
Kashima Shinto Ryu 鹿島新当流
A traditional Japanese martial art school with a 500-year history whose sword has a clearly demonstrable influence on the development of the AIKI KEN. This school is a composite system whose curriculum consists of...
Karate Bushido Magazine 空手武士道雑誌
A French martial arts magazine which provides coverage of aikido activities in France. Editor and publisher, Christian Durand. Karate-Bushido, 25, avenue Raymond Poincar
Mitsugoro Karasawa 唐沢美津五郎
(b. 1944). 6th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Landscape design/contractor. Graduate of Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo. Vice-captain of university aikido club (1967-68). Arrived in Toronto, Canada in 1970. Assisted Takeshi KIMEDA...
Jigoro Kano 嘉納治五郎
(1860-1938). Founder of judo. Synthesized elements of old-style jujutsu schools especially Kito-ryu and TENJIN SHIN’YO-RYU JUJUTSU with his own principles and philosophy of education to create modern judo which...
Kangeiko
Mid-winter training. Typically an intensive practice session held early in the morning for a number of successive days in January. Usually those who complete the training with a perfect attendance record receive a...
Minoru Kanetsuka 金塚稔
(b. 1939). 7th dan Aikikai, 2nd dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Aikikai Shihan. Began training in YOSHINKAN AIKIDO while a student at Takushoku University. Kanetsuka met Kazuo CHIBA in 1972 in Katmandu and accepted the...