(1889-1970) Wealthy businessman and golf course designer. Designed several of Japan’s most famous golf courses including the Kasumigaseki Country Club (1929). Benefactor of Morihei Ueshiba who conducted fund...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldYoji Fujimoto 藤本洋二
(b. c. 1948). 7th dan Aikikai. AIKIKAI representative for Milan, Italy. Aikikai Milano, Via Lulli 30-bis, Milano, Italy.
Fugakukai International Aikido Association
A TOMIKI AIKIDO organization founded in 1982 by Karl GEIS in association with Tsuneko MIYAKE and Takeshi INOUE. Independent of the JAPAN AIKIDO ASSOCIATION, this group adopted the training structure and methods...
Aiki News Friendship Demonstrations
A series of four large demonstrations held in Tokyo from 1985-1988 sponsored by AIKI NEWS. The first demonstration took place on April 7, 1985 at the Edogawa-ku Sogo Bunka Center and featured the following six aikido...
Freie Deutsche Aikido Vereinigung
(FDAV = Free German Aikido Union). A German aikido organization established in 1984 by former members of the AIKIKAI DEUTSCHLAND and presently under the technical direction of Nobuyoshi TAMURA of France.
History of Aikido in France
The origins of aikido in France can be traced back to the year 1951 when Minoru MOCHIZUKI visited the country to teach judo at the request of the Overseas Research Department of Nihon University. During this time he...
Robert Frager
(b. c. 1940). 6th dan Aikikai. Ph. D. in Psychology, Harvard University. Early American practitioner who studied two-and-a-half years at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in early 1960s. Studied in Shingu with Michio HIKITSUCHI in...
John Alan Fox
(b. 25 January 1947). 2nd dan Yoshinkan Aikido-IYAF. Aikido instructor. First taught by Takashi KUSHIDA in 1981 in Detroit, Michigan. A graduate of 20-month course taught by Kushida. Presently instructs at Aikan Aikido...
Haydn Foster
A former judo practitioner who began aikido training under Kenshiro ABBE in the late 1950s. Became national aikido coach in 1961 and head of the Aikikai of London in 1968. Presently, the leading figure in the Institute...
Robert Forrest Webb
(b. 9 April 1929). 5th dan Tomiki Aikido-BAA, 1989 [rank authenticated]. Also has practiced judo and kendo. Novelist and playwright. British Kayak Champion 500/1000 meters, 1949-50. Started judo in 1945 in Liverpool and...