Junior. The sempai-kohai (senior-junior) relationship permeates all social strata in Japan. Japanese are always conscious of whether people they meet are above or below them in social status.
Archive - 2011
Josh GoldRiki Kogure 小暮りき
(b. 1936). Also Hiroaki. B. Zushi City, Kanagawa Prefecture. 8th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1988. Graduate in Commerce of Waseda University in 1958 after which he entered C. Itoh Trading Company. Practiced judo and aikido...
Kodokan 幸道館
World judo headquarters located near Korakuen in Tokyo. Originally established by Jigoro KANO in the latter part of 19th century, the site of the dojo has been moved several times. It is the largest martial arts...
Kodokai 幸道会
An organization formed in 1950 around Kodo HORIKAWA, one of the most prominent students of Sokaku TAKEDA, which is headquartered in Kitami, Hokkaido. After the death of Horikawa in 1980, Yusuke INOUE, a MENKYO KAIDEN...
Hitoshi Kodama 児玉仁
(1900-1986). Dyer. Teacher of KASHIMA SHINTO-RYU who taught at both the KODOKAN and the KOBUKAN Dojos at the request of Jigoro KANO and Morihei UESHIBA respectively. Dispatched by current headmaster Koichiro YOSHIKAWA...
Kobukan Dojo 皇武館道場
Name of the permanent dojo completed by Morihei UESHIBA in the Ushigome District of Shinjuku, Tokyo in April 1931. The building was torn down in 1967 for the construction of the present AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO
Kobukai Foundation 財団法人皇武会
A pre-war legal entity created on 30 April 1940 for the KOBUKAN DOJO and the predecessor of ZAIDAN HOJIN AIKIKAI. The first chairman was retired Admiral Isamu TAKESHITA with General Katsura Hayashi as vice chairman...
Kobujutsu 皇武術
Traditional martial arts. Emphasis on technical and practical aspects of the art practiced. See also KOBUDO.
Kobudo Kenkyukai
(Classical Martial Arts Research Society). An organization created in 1928 by Jigoro KANO within the KODOKAN to study, preserve, and develop traditional Japanese martial arts. Kano had his most talented students such as...