A Korean martial art created by YONG SUL CHOI shortly after World War II which is reputed to have a historical relationship to DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU. An analysis of the techniques of Hapkido does reveal certain...
Archive - 2011
Josh GoldYoshimi Hanzawa 半沢義巳
(b. c. 1927). 7th dan Aikikai. High School Principal. Director of Tohoku Aikido Federation and prominent figure in development of aikido in northern part of Honshu. Sendai-shi Aikido Kyokai, Gojunin-cho 119, Wakabayashi...
Hanmi Handachi 半身半立
Half-standing stance; technique executed with defender seated and attacker standing
Hanmi 半身
Half stance; ready position with one foot forward prior to execution of technique. See also KAMAE. Morihei Ueshiba executing a hanmi handachi technique at the Noma Dojo (1935). Uke: Shigemi Yonekawa
Hakko Ryu Jujutsu 八光流柔術
A hybrid martial art and healing system founded by Ryuho Okuyama in 1941. Okuyama studied DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU under Toshimi Matsuda in Asahikawa, Hokkaido starting in late 1920s. He later spent a brief period training...
Itsuo Haba はばいつお
(b. 8 August 1955). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1990 [rank authenticated]. High school English teacher. Graduate of Waseda University, where he began aikido under Kenji TOMIKI and Hideo OHBA in 1974 as a member of the...
Gyaku Hanmi 逆半身
Reverse or opposite stance; the situation in which the attacker and defender are in ready stances with the opposite foot forward.
Frits W. Van Gulick
(b. 1944). 4th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA. Sociologist and regional planner. Began training at the Sportschool Bontje in the Hague, the Netherlands in 1973 under John Bontje. Spent seven months in Japan beginning in the...