(27 June 1921-4 January 1999). Also Koetsu. B. Ayabe. Son of Morihei and Hatsu UESHIBA and Second Aikido DOSHU. Graduate in economics of Waseda University (1946). Kisshomaru began serious training as a teenager c. 1937...
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Josh GoldKiku Ueshiba 植芝きく
(dates unknown). Married Yodo. Fourth daughter of Yoroku and Yuki Ueshiba and younger sister of Morihei Ueshiba.
Hatsu Ueshiba 植芝はつ
(25 November 1881-26 June 1969). Née Itogawa. Wife of the founder of aikido. Married Morihei UESHIBA in TANABE c. 1903. Lifelong companion of her husband, she bore him a total of four children: a daughter, Matsuko (b...
Chiyo Ueshiba 植芝ちよ
(dates unknown). Married Tanaka. Third daughter of Yoroku and Yuki Ueshiba and elder sister of Morihei Ueshiba.
Ueshiba Juku 植芝塾
Ueshiba Private School. Name of first dojo which Morihei UESHIBA opened c. 1921 in his home near the OMOTO RELIGION Headquarters in AYABE. It occupied 18 mats and was frequented mostly by young men of the Omoto Sect and...
Uchideshi 内弟子
Live-in student; apprentice. Form of apprenticeship in martial and other arts or disciplines where the student lives alongside the master to acquire the skills necessary for the profession.
Tim Tung
(b. 1939.) Senior Shihan, Daitoryu Aikijujutsu Bokuyokan, Jun-Honbucho (Japan)/So-Shibucho (USA). B. in China. First practiced Chinese Kung Fu and Taiji Quan as a boy. Began training in jujutsu, kendo, and iaido in 1965...
Tsugiashi つぎあし
Literally, “following steps.” Refers to a sliding foot movement either forward or backward which permits smooth movements while allowing one’s balance to be maintained.