(b. 1933). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1989 [rank authenticated]; studied judo as a university student in Japan. Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania. Astrophysicist; professor, University of Pennsylvania, and George Mason...
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Josh GoldKatsuyuki Kondo 近藤勝之
(Mar 1945). Soke Kyoju Dairi, May 1988. Contractor. First learned DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU from Tsunejiro Hosono in 1957 at the Shineikan Dojo in Koiwa, Tokyo. Tokimune TAKEDA visited this dojo on several occasions and...
Kokyunage 呼吸投げ
Breath throw. A cover-all term used to refer to a series of blending techniques with no common mechanical similarities and also for more unusual techniques without commonly accepted names. This term is used loosely by...
Kokyuho 呼吸法
Way or method of breathing. A practice modified from DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU. The term refers in aikido to a seated exercise performed at the end of class where one partner, both of whose wrists are being held, attempts to...
Kokyu 呼吸
Breath. Basic meaning is a type of deep abdominal breathing method. Also has an abstract meaning referring to a larger power generated when one is in full harmony with one’s breathing. Used in this sense, its...
Kokikai
An organization created in the U. S. by Shuji MARUYAMA c. 1986. Kokikai Dojo, 6907 Rising Sun Ave. , Philadelphia, PA 19111 USA (215)728-9380.
Kojiki 古時記
Record of Ancient Matters. The oldest book in Japanese history which dates from 712 AD. The Kojiki is a mythological work somewhat akin to the Bible and contains a creation story of Japan and the lineage of its first 33...