(b. 8 August 1955). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1990 [rank authenticated]. High school English teacher. Graduate of Waseda University, where he began aikido under Kenji TOMIKI and Hideo OHBA in 1974 as a member of the...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldGyaku Hanmi 逆半身
Reverse or opposite stance; the situation in which the attacker and defender are in ready stances with the opposite foot forward.
Frits W. Van Gulick
(b. 1944). 4th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA. Sociologist and regional planner. Began training at the Sportschool Bontje in the Hague, the Netherlands in 1973 under John Bontje. Spent seven months in Japan beginning in the...
K. Michael Griffin
(b. 1950). 3rd dan Yamate-ryu Aikijutsu [rank authenticated]; Maki deshi, Goseki-ryu. Robotics technician. Began martial arts training in Portland, Oregon in 1980. Presently trains in Albuquerque, New Mexico under Lynn...
Greslé, Jean
(b. 1937). 3rd dan FFAAA [rank authenticated] and FFKA. Aikido instructor in Gretz-Armainvilliers, France. Trained under André NOCQUET, Mutsuro NAKAZONO, Kisshomaru UESHIBA, Morihei UESHIBA (1965 to April 1969) and...
Goto Ha Yagyu Shingan Ryu
An offshoot of the mainline school of Yagyu Shingan-ryu centered in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. Morihei UESHIBA trained in this art in Sakai near Osaka from c. 1903-1908. Ueshiba’s practice began around the time...
John C. Goss, Jr.
(b. 30 November 1956). 7th dan Korindo Aikido (2005, Mikata family), 5th dan Aikikai, 4th dan karate. Professional aikido instructor. B. in Baltimore, Maryland. B.A. in Psychology from Towson University. Began studying...
Goshin Jutsu 護身術
Self-defense techniques; this term is sometimes mistakenly construed to refer to a specific jujutsu school when in fact it is a generic term.