(10 April 1894-30 October 1980). Also Kotaro. B. Kitami, Hokkaido, eldest son of Taiso HORIKAWA. Began DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU training on 12 May 1914 under Sokaku TAKEDA and his father. Received the HIDEN MOKUROKU in 1931...
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Josh GoldGaku Homma 本間学
(b. 12 May 1950) Also Manabu. B. Akita Prefecture. Aikido instructor. Trained as an uchideshi in Iwama and Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo under the Founder Morihei Ueshiba and Morihiro SAITO in the late 1960s. Relocated to...
Hombu Dojo 本部道場
Headquarters training hall; general term used by many organizations to refer to their main school. In aikido context, usually refers to AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO located in Shinjuku Ward of Tokyo. The present four-floor...
Linda Holiday
(b. c. 1954). 4th dan Aikikai. M. A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University. Fluent in Japanese. First taught by Robert FRAGER at the University of California, Santa Cruz c. 1972. Spent several years studying in...
Hito E Mi 一重身
Term referring to a ready posture similar to the HANMI but where the rear leg is moved further right or left away from the center line. Used by Morihei UESHIBA primarily to refer to the foot position in the basic jo...
Hisada Inn 久田旅館
An inn in the town of ENGARU, Hokkaido where Morihei UESHIBA first met and trained with Sokaku TAKEDA in 1915. No longer exists.
Takuma Hisa 久琢磨
(1895-31 October 1980). B. Kochi Prefecture. A sumo wrestler in his youth, he was later employed by the Osaka Asahi Newspaper office in the 1930s. He studied first under Morihei UESHIBA and then, in 1936, directly under...
Tokuji Hirata 平田徳治
(c1922-2009 Jan 26) An early student of Koichi TOHEI in Hawaii. Appears as an UKE in Tohei’s first book in English entitled Aikido (see bibl. ). Relocated to San Diego, California in the late 1950s where he opened...
Naritoki Hirano 平野成秋
(14 October 1926-13 May 2005). Born Kyoto. Graduated from elementary school in 1939 at which time begins practice of AIKI BUDO. Met Morihei Ueshiba in 1948. Graduated from Ritsumeikan University with major in Literature...
Minoru Hirai 平井稔
(March 1903-16 October 1998). B. Okayama Prefecture. Strong background in iaido. Entered Kobukan dojo in 1939 and became General Affairs Director in January 1942. Sent as representative to the DAI NIHON BUTOKUKAI in...