(22 January 1837-6 November 1918). Founder of the OMOTO RELIGION. At age 56, after a long life of misery, she entered a deep trance and began to have spiritual revelations which she set down in the form of automatic...
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Josh GoldKyotaro Deguchi
(b. c. 1931). Son of Naohi and Hidemaru DEGUCHI, present leaders of the Omoto religion, who resides in KAMEOKA near Kyoto. Grandson of Onisaburo and Sumiko DEGUCHI. Studied SHINWA TAIDO under Noriaki INOUE. Wrote a...
Hidemaru Deguchi
(1897-December 1991). Also, Hidemaro. Born Takami Motoo. Third Alternate Spiritual Leader (Kyoshuho) of the Omoto religion. B. Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. Attended Kyoto Imperial University. Joined Omoto religion in...
Dan 段
Grade; rank. Used in the black belt grading system popularized by Jigoro KANO, founder of judo, which has been generally adopted in modern Japanese martial arts. After World War II, some classical martial schools also...
Ed Dalton
(b. 27 April 1956). 2nd dan Yoshinkan Aikido-IYAF. Tool and die maker. Began training in November 1985 in Windsor, Ontario. Presently instructs at the Seishinkan Budo Dojo in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Daitokan 大東館
Name of the former headquarters dojo of DAITO-RYU AIKI BUDO of Tokimune TAKEDA, the late headmaster and son of Sokaku TAKEDA, located in ABASHIRI, Hokkaido. This school represented the historical continuation of the...
Daito Ryu Jujutsu 大東流柔術
A Meiji-period martial art disseminated by Sokaku TAKEDA in numerous parts of Japan until his death in 1943. Daito-ryu Jujutsu consists primarily of a large number of jujutsu techniques, although Sokaku also taught...
Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu 大東流合気柔術
Later name of DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU which first appears in the EIMEIROKU of Sokaku TAKEDA in the Taisho period. His son and present headmaster, Tokimune TAKEDA, explains that the difference in terms was due to the fact that...