(b. 3 March 1953). B. Fukuoka, Kyushu. 7th dan Aikikai. Aikikai shihan. First taught aikido by Morito SUGANUMA. Trained at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO from 1975-1979 as an apprentice instructor under the tutelage of...
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Josh GoldTsuneko Miyake
6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA; also 6th dan judo and 6th dan jodo. Teaches judo at the Budokan School, Tokyo. Early student of Kenji TOMIKI and Hideo OHBA, responsible for the initial training of high-ranking TOMIKI AIKIDO...
Misogi
Purification; ablution. Various ascetic and meditative practices to purify the body and spirit.
Menkyo Kaiden 免許皆伝
Certificate of advanced proficiency. Highest certificate of proficiency awarded in many traditional Japanese martial art systems. Sokaku TAKEDA is known to have awarded DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU menkyo kaiden to Takuma HISA...
Menkyo 免許
Teaching license. License awarded to students of many traditional Japanese martial arts.
Hosaku Matsuda
(c. 1896-unknown). Also Toshimi. A student of Sokaku TAKEDA resident in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido. An EIMEIROKU entry bearing his name appears dated 1928. Received KYOJU DAIRI certification from Sokaku in August 1929...
Takeyasu Masuda 増田丈幸
(b. 1932). Graduate of Waseda University. A long-time student of Shoji NISHIO. Served as emcee for the 1985 and 1986 FRIENDSHIP DEMONSTRATIONS sponsored by AIKI NEWS.
Seijuro Masuda
(b. 1936). 7th dan Aikikai. B. Tokyo. Aikikai Shihan. Instructs Tuesday classes. Aikikai Hombu Dojo, 17-18 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162 Japan (03)203-9236.