(b. 27 March 1946). 7th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Niigata Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojos Shihan. Began training at Meiji University Aikido Club in 1964 under Yasuo KOBAYASHI. Taught in Finland and Sweden for one year...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldToshikazu Ichimura
(b. 12 December 1941). 6th dan Aikikai, 1977; 6th dan iaido and Renshi-Dai Nihon Butokukai Zen Nihon Iaido Renmei, 1965. B. Nerima, Tokyo. B. A. in Microeconomics from Toyo University. First taught by Shoji NISHIO at...
Norihiko Ichihashi
(1940-4 March 2001). B. Tokyo. 8th dan Aikikai. Aikikai Hombu Shihan. Entered AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in early 1960s.
Miguel A. Ibarra
(b. 27 September 1950). Menkyo in Sanyama Bushi Jujutsu, Mokuroku in Miyama-ryu Jujutsu, 2nd dan in Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu-Kodokai [ranks authenticated]. B. A., M.S. Fordham University. Probation officer. Began martial...
Christoper L. Howey
(b. 22 April 1947). 3rd dan Yoshinkan Aikido-IYAF. University administrator. Began training in Detroit, Michigan in 1973. One of the original incorporators of the AIKIDO YOSHINKAI ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA (AYANA)...
Hideki Hosokawa 細川ひでき
(b. 1942). 6th dan Aikikai. Representative of Aikikai in Italy. Presently residing in Sardinia. Musubi no Kai, Via Priore Berengario 11, Cagliari, Italy.
Haruyoshi Horikoshi 堀川春好
(b. 23 March 1945). 5th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Hokkaido. Kobayashi Dojo Senmon Shidoin. Began training at Hosei University Aikido Club under Sadateru ARIKAWA. Taught for ten years in Taiwan, Canada, Sweden...
Taiso Horikawa 堀川泰宗
Also Taishu. B. Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. Father of Kodo HORIKAWA. Operated a gold mine and inn while active as a member of the village council of Yubetsu in Northern Hokkaido. Also an expert of Shibukawa-ryu Jujutsu...