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Archive - 2011
Josh GoldIkkusai Iwata 岩田一空斎
(1909-1 January 2003). Also Hajime and Kinya. 9th dan Aikikai. B. Aichi Prefecture. Graduate of Waseda University. One of the oldest active practitioners of aikido, he started his training in 1930 at the Mejiro Dojo of...
Iwama Style Aikido 岩間スタイル合気道
An informal term referring to the aikido taught in IWAMA by Morihiro SAITO, one of the closest students of Morihei UESHIBA. Technically it includes an emphasis on the relationship among TAIJUTSU, KEN and JO movements...
Iwama 岩間
A town of some 15,000 inhabitants situated about 63 miles to the northeast of Tokyo. Location of the country home of Morihei UESHIBA who retired there during the war in 1942. Site of AIKI SHRINE built by the founder as...
Sumiko Ito
(b. c. 1940). Administrative head of the KI NO KENKYUKAI Office of SHINSHIN TOITSU AIKIDO in Tokyo. A major decision-maker in activities of the organization. Shinshin Toitsu Aikido Hombu Dojo, Ushigome Heim 101, 2-30...
History of Aikido in Italy
The history of aikido in Italy began in 1946 in Rome with the return from Japan of Prof. Salvatore MERG�. Merg� had spent nine years in Japan on a diplomatic mission. He was a learned orientalist who taught Japanese at...
Hiroshi Isoyama 磯山博
(b. 14 January 1937). 8th dan Aikikai. B. Ibaragi Prefecture. Civil servant, Aikikai Shihan. Began training in June 1949 becoming an UCHIDESHI in IWAMA Dojo while middle school student. Known for his powerful technique...
Fumio Ishiyama 石山二三男
Aikikai Shihan. University professor and aikido instructor. An official representative of the AIKIKAI HOMBU for Canada. First lived in Montreal, Quebec before relocating to British Columbia. Presently operates the...
Harry Ishisaka 石坂ハリー
(c. 1929-1978). Early instructor in Orange County California area who contributed greatly to the development of aikido in Southern California. Affiliated with Koichi TOHEI through the late 1970s, then became independent...
Kunioki Ishimura 石村くにおき
(b. 27 June 1945). 5th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Tokyo. Kobayashi Dojo Shidoin. First taught by Yasuo KOBAYASHI at Kodaira Dojo in 1969. Instructor at Tanashi Dojo. Kobayashi Dojo, 582 Higashi-machi, Gakuen...