Term referring to a ready posture similar to the HANMI but where the rear leg is moved further right or left away from the center line. Used by Morihei UESHIBA primarily to refer to the foot position in the basic jo...
Archive - 2011
Josh GoldHisada Inn 久田旅館
An inn in the town of ENGARU, Hokkaido where Morihei UESHIBA first met and trained with Sokaku TAKEDA in 1915. No longer exists.
Takuma Hisa 久琢磨
(1895-31 October 1980). B. Kochi Prefecture. A sumo wrestler in his youth, he was later employed by the Osaka Asahi Newspaper office in the 1930s. He studied first under Morihei UESHIBA and then, in 1936, directly under...
Tokuji Hirata 平田徳治
(c1922-2009 Jan 26) An early student of Koichi TOHEI in Hawaii. Appears as an UKE in Tohei’s first book in English entitled Aikido (see bibl. ). Relocated to San Diego, California in the late 1950s where he opened...
Naritoki Hirano 平野成秋
(14 October 1926-13 May 2005). Born Kyoto. Graduated from elementary school in 1939 at which time begins practice of AIKI BUDO. Met Morihei Ueshiba in 1948. Graduated from Ritsumeikan University with major in Literature...
Minoru Hirai 平井稔
(March 1903-16 October 1998). B. Okayama Prefecture. Strong background in iaido. Entered Kobukan dojo in 1939 and became General Affairs Director in January 1942. Sent as representative to the DAI NIHON BUTOKUKAI in...
Hiogi (No Koto) Mokuroku 秘奥儀目録
Transmission scroll of secret mysteries. The fourth level of techniques in the DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU curriculum covering 84 techniques. Also referred to as GOSHIN’YO NO TE.
Michio Hikitsuchi 引土道雄
(1923-2 February 2004). 10th dan [directly awarded by Morihei Ueshiba]. B. Wakayama Prefecture. Head of Kumano Juku Dojo in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. Met Morihei UESHIBA as a child and studied various traditional...
Nobuyoshi Higashi 東信義
(b. 1937). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 7th dan Kodokan Judo. Professional martial arts instructor. Began aikido training in 1960 at Kokushikan University, Tokyo, under Kenji TOMIKI and Tsuneko MIYAKE. Founder of the U. S...
Hiden Ogi (No Koto)
Transmission scroll of inner mysteries. The third level of techniques in the DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU curriculum covering 36 techniques.