See COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO. Paolo Corallini (c. 1987)
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Josh GoldComitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano
(CONI=Italian National Olympic Committee). An Italian government-backed committee which oversees sports in Italy. The committee has recognized several Italian martial arts organizations which include aikido sections...
Eugene Combs
Early American instructor of YOSHINKAN AIKIDO. Began training in Yoshinkan Aikido c. 1955 at Camp Drake, on the outskirts of Tokyo. Combs later relocated to Southern California c. 1956 where he established the American...
Bradley Scott Claeys
(b. 15 June 1961). 2nd dan Yoshinkan Aikido-IYAF. Production supervisor. Began training in Chatham, Ontario in 1981. Presently instructs at Chatham Aikido Dojo and John McGregor School in Chatham, Ontario. Chudokan...
Chuko No So 中興の祖
Reviver. Title used to refer to Sokaku TAKEDA in his capacity as reviver of the Aizu martial tradition and its spread outside the clan.
Chudan Kamae 中段構え
Middle stance; refers to the position where the sword is held extended out from the center parallel, or slightly inclined, with respect to the ground. Common to sword arts.
Yong Sul Choi
(20 July 1904-29 November 1986). B. Daegue, Korea. The founder of the Korean martial art of HAPKIDO (written with the same Chinese characters as aikido). Some sources claim that Choi was adopted into the family of...
Susumu Chino
(b. 14 August 1964). 4th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. B. Kanagawa Prefecture. Yoshinkan Aikido Jokyo. Began training on 8 January 1985 at the YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Hombu Dojo. Traveled to Spain to demonstrate Yoshinkan Aikido in...
Chinkon Kishin 鎮魂帰神
Calming the spirit and returning to the divine; a mystical breathing and meditative practice for uniting the divine and human spirits used frequently by Morihei UESHIBA. Originally a shamanistic technique, chinkon...
Tsutomu Chida 千田つとむ
(b. 4 October 1950). 7th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. B. Kanagawa Prefecture. Yoshinkan Aikido Shihan. Began training in 1969 at the Yoshinkan Aikido Yoyogi Dojo. Traveled to New Zealand in 1974 and then in 1979 accompanied...