(b. 9 February 1952). 4th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Healthcare business consultant. Ph. D. in Medical Research from University of Toronto. Began training in London, England in 1969. After emigrating to Canada, continued...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldKengo Hatayama 畑山憲吾
(b. 28 June 1947). 6th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Akita Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojo Shihan. Began training at Akita Branch Dojo in 1968. Spent from 1978 to early 1981 teaching in West Germany as an assistant to...
Masahiro Hashimoto 橋本正博
(c. 1910-c. 19?). B. Fukuoka, Kyushu Prefecture. Early UCHIDESHI at KOBUKAN DOJO in the 1930s.
Hiroyuki Hasegawa
(b. 25 January 1952). 3rd dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Fukui Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojo Shidoin. First taught by Haruyoshi HORIKOSHI in Kasukabe in 1984. Also holds dan rank in Kyokushinkai Karate. Instructs at dojos...
Hapkido
A Korean martial art created by YONG SUL CHOI shortly after World War II which is reputed to have a historical relationship to DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU. An analysis of the techniques of Hapkido does reveal certain...
Yoshimi Hanzawa 半沢義巳
(b. c. 1927). 7th dan Aikikai. High School Principal. Director of Tohoku Aikido Federation and prominent figure in development of aikido in northern part of Honshu. Sendai-shi Aikido Kyokai, Gojunin-cho 119, Wakabayashi...
Hanmi Handachi 半身半立
Half-standing stance; technique executed with defender seated and attacker standing