(EAF). An organization created in November 1975 in Paris at the same time as the INTERNATIONAL AIKIDO FEDERATION and which grouped together the AIKIKAI-HOMBU-affiliated national organizations of Europe. Its first...
Archive - 2011
Josh GoldEngaru 遠軽
Town in northern part of Hokkaido where Morihei UESHIBA first met and trained with Sokaku TAKEDA of the DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU school, through an introduction from Kotaro YOSHIDA. Ueshiba participated in a ten-day seminar at...
Seishiro Endo 遠藤征四郎
(b. 6 September 1942). 8th dan Aikikai. B. Nagano Prefecture. Aikikai Shihan. Entered AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as UCHIDESHI c. 1964.
Jim Elkin
(c. 1926-1983). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido, also 4th dan judo. Served in the British Royal Navy and British Internal Security Service. Began training in aikido c. 1958 under Senta YAMADA. Promoted to 1st dan by Riki KOGURE...
Eimeiroku 英名録
Record of famous names. Refers to the attendance books kept by masters of various disciplines containing the names, dates of attendance or study, and usually the location of the training. The eimeiroku of Sokaku TAKEDA...
Yoshiro Eguchi 江口義郎
(b. c. 1928). Formerly 8th dan Shin’ei Taido. Former organizational head of SHIN’EI TAIDO. Expelled by organization in February 1988.
David Eayrs
(b. 12 March 1940). 6th dan-Ken Shin Kai [rank authenticated]. Managing Director of a language college. Began training in Penang, Malaysia in 1963. Established Ken Shin Kai Aikido, a style similar to YOSHINKAN AIKIDO...