Archive - 2011

Yutaka Kurita 栗田豊

(b. 20 April 1940). 6th dan Aikikai. B. Tokyo. Enrolled at AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in 1959 and became an UCHIDESHI in 1960. Abandoned aikido for eight years following the death of Morihei Ueshiba in 1969. Returned to aikido...

Minoru Kurita 栗田稔

(b. 3 September 1943). First began aikido training at age 17 at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in Tokyo at the urging of his older brother Yutaka KURITA. Later became an UCHIDESHI and professional instructor at the Aikikai...