4th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA. Aikido instructor. Began training in England c. 1967 under John GAY, and later Tsunemitsu Naito. Emigrated to Australia in 1969 in answer to a request from judoka Frank Dando for an aikido...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldJohn Gay
6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA. Began training c. 1959 in London under Senta YAMADA. Emigrated to Australia in 1971 and formed the AUSTRALIAN AIKIDO ASSOCIATION, which is directly affiliated to the JAPAN AIKIDO ASSOCIATION...
Jose Garrido
(b. 1955). Kyoju Dairi, Nihon Goshin Aikido; 1st dan Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu-Kodokai, 1982 [rank authenticated]. First taught by Richard Bowe in New Jersey, USA in 1965. Holder of rankings from various jujutsu...
Enore Gardonio
(b. 1 September 1942). 4th dan Yoshinkan Aikido-IYAF. Teacher. First taught by Takeshi KIMEDA in Toronto, Ontario in 1973. Instructor at York University. Mr. Enore Gardonio, 84 St. Germain Ave. , Toronto, Ontario M5M...
Tom Gambell
(b. 1947). 6th dan Aikikai. Aikido instructor. First taught by Stanley PRANIN in September 1974 in Monterey, California. Trained in IWAMA under Morihiro SAITO for eight months in 1980-81. Managing editor of AIKI NEWS...
Janez Gale
(b. 1955). Began training in 1978 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Training experience in AIKIKAI HOMBU-Style, SHINSHIN TOITSU AIKIDO and IWAMA-STYLE AIKIDO. Began publishing Aikido Satori Bilten newsletter in March 1990...
Kenkichi Futami
(b. 15 April 1946). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA. B. Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Employed by TDK. Started aikido at Seijo University Aikido Club under Kenji TOMIKI in April 1966. Member of the Board of Directors...
Kaoru Funahashi 舟橋薫
(c. 1913-c. 1940). B. Tottori Prefecture. From a family of Omoto believers and a relative of Morihei Ueshiba. Enrolled at the Kobukan Dojo in 1931. Of short stature, he was one of the senior uchideshi at the dojo and...
Fuku Shidoin 副指導員
Assistant instructor. The lowest of three instructor levels instituted by the AIKIKAI HOMBU at the time of the creation of the INTERNATIONAL AIKIDO FEDERATION. Corresponds approximately to 2nd and 3rd dan. See SHIDOIN...
Masatake Fujita 藤田昌武
(21 April 1937-28 May 2014). 8th dan Aikikai. B. Shinkyo, Manchuria. Aikikai Shihan. Entered Takushoku University in 1956. After graduation from university, Fujita was employed by the Aikikai in the late 1950s and rose...