Traditional or pre-Meiji martial ways. Term emphasizes the spiritual and moral aspects of the martial ways. See also KOBUJUTSU.
Archive - 2011
Josh GoldSiegfried Kobiliza
(b. 24 August 1954). 5th dan aikijujutsu, 4th dan Renshi IMAF [ranks authenticated]. Musician. Official representative in Europe for Takeda-ryu Budo and branch leader for Austria. Founded Nippon Budo Institute for...
Yasuo Kobayashi 小林保雄
(b. 20 September 1936). 8th dan Aikikai, 1990. Aikikai Shihan. B. Tokyo. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI under Morihei UESHIBA in 1954. Established his own dojo in Kodaira in 1969. Responsible for aikido...
Roderick Kobayashi
(7 January 1932-17 June 1995). 6th dan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido. Professional aikido instructor. Born in Hawaii and raised in Japan by his grandfather, a Buddhist priest. After three years of military service, he began...
Hirokazu Kobayashi 小林裕和
(14 February 1929-28 August 1998). 8th dan Aikikai. B. Osaka. Began training in early 1950s in Osaka. Operated a dojo in Osaka for many years. Maintained cordial ties with Kenji TOMIKI. Frequently traveled to Europe...
Hiroaki Kobayashi 小林宏明
(b. 3 November 1965). 3rd dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Tokyo. Employed by Overseas Youth Cooperation Association. First taught as a child by his father, Yasuo KOBAYASHI. Kobayashi Dojo, 582 Higashi-machi, Gakuen...
Barry Alan Knight
(b. 1945). 5th dan Aikikai- Iwama-style, b. 8 January1989 [rank authenticated]. 4th dan kyudo. Graduate in physics, engineering and risk management. Risk manager. Began training in 1970 in Melbourne. Practiced at...
Bruce Klickstein
(b. 1953). 5th dan Aikikai. American. First taught c. 1969 by Allen Grow in Berkeley, Calif. Spent more than three years in IWAMA as an UCHIDESHI under Morihiro SAITO. Fluent in Japanese. Taught from early 1970s to 1988...
Yasunari Kitaura 北裏康成
B. 25 May 1937. 8th dan Aikikai. Professor of Art History and aikido instructor. Graduate of Waseda University. Studied under Morihei Ueshiba and Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Official representative of the AIKIKAI HOMBU in Spain...
Tatsuo Kimura 木村達雄
(b. 1947). B. Tokyo. Graduate of the Faculty of Science of University of Tokyo with a doctorate in mathematics. Associate Professor at Tsukuba University. Began aikido as a freshman in high school, and later became a...