Graduate of Yale University. Moved to Japan c. 1975 where he studied aikido, Araki Ryu and Toda-ha Buko Ryu. After 13 years in Japan, relocated to Seattle, Washington where he continues to train with a small group of...
Archive - August 2011
Josh GoldJim Alcheik
(1931-1962). A pioneer figure of aikido in France. Born to Algerian parents in Duperre, Algeria. Moved with family to France in 1938 at age of seven. Trained in Yoseikan Aikido under Minoru MOCHIZUKI in Paris from 1951...
Zenzaburo Akazawa 赤沢善三郎
(c. 1920-2007). Entered KOBUKAN DOJO as an UCHIDESHI c. 1933. Name appears in KASHIMA SHINTO-RYU enrollment records along with that of Morihei UESHIBA dated 16 May 1937. Interviewed AN#48.
Ainuke 合抜
Mutual passing through. Kenjutsu term referring to a situation in which both combatants can neither strike nor be struck by the other. Indicative of an extremely high degree of swordsmanship.
Aikikai Hombu Dojo 合気会本部道場
(Aikikai Headquarters School). Term used to refer to the AIKIKAI HOMBU headquarters organization which is the administrative descendent of the pre-war KOBUKAN DOJO established by Morihei UESHIBA. The present...
Aikikai Deutschland
(Aikikai of Germany). A German aikido organization created in 1967 independent of the DEUTSCHER JUDO BUND. Its head is Katsuaki ASAI.
Aikijujutsu 合気柔術
1. A term used occasionally to refer to the jujutsu form taught by Morihei UESHIBA in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Daito-ryu scroll given to Minoru MOCHIZUKI by Ueshiba in June 1932 bears an Aikijujutsu seal. 2. An...