As a holiday gift to the aikido community, Aikido Journal has created a new version of our Principal Disciples of Morihei Ueshiba chart, originally developed by AJ founder Stanley Pranin. We hope you’ll enjoy and...
Category - Encyclopedia
Josh GoldAiki Expo
The Aiki Expo events were major aikido seminars sponsored by Aikido Journal and conceived and organized by Stanley Pranin that gathered together many high-ranking teachers from Aikido, Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, classical...
Aiuchi 合打
Mutual strike or cut. Sword term used to describe the circumstance where two swordsmen strike each other simultaneously. In AIKI KEN terminology, often used in contradistinction to AINUKE where neither swordsman can...
Kiyoshi Watatani
Martial arts historian. Co-author of the massive reference work Bugei Ryuha Daijiten (Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Schools). This Japanese-language work, published in 1978, contains a record of most of those persons...
Barbara Yates
(b. 1946). 3rd dan Aikikai. University of Iowa, J. D. Instructor in American Literature Department of Daito Bunka University. First taught by Jeff Fox in 1971. Has practiced in Japan since 1977 initially with Michio...
Yoshinkan Aikido Deutschland
YOSHINKAN AIKIDO organization in West Germany headed by Hiromichi NAGANO. Yoshinkan Aikido Deutschland, Hiltenspergerstr. 9, Munchen 40, 8000 West Germany (089)271-6444.
Sadao Yoshioka 吉岡貞夫
(c. 1923-19 January 1990). 6th dan Aikikai. Began training in Hawaii in mid-1950s. A pioneer of aikido in Hawaii, Yoshioka opened the Nuuanau YMCA Aikido Club in 1959. He participated in the creation of the...
William Witt
(b. c. 1938). 7th dan, 2001, Aikikai Shihan, 2002 [rank authenticated]. Engineer. Began practice in 1967 at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO. Has lived in Japan on several occasions beginning 1967. Spent one year as an UCHIDESHI...
Yudansha 有段者
Black belt, or dan holder. Refers to person holding first degree black belt or higher.