(b. 25 January 1952). 3rd dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Fukui Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojo Shidoin. First taught by Haruyoshi HORIKOSHI in Kasukabe in 1984. Also holds dan rank in Kyokushinkai Karate. Instructs at dojos...
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Josh GoldLorraine Dianne
5th dan Aikikai; 5th dan iaido. Professional aikido instructor. First taught by Tai Unno at University of Massachusetts in 1970. Later trained under Mitsunari KANAI and Yoshimitsu YAMADA. Traveled to Japan in 1976 for...
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...
Fugakukai International Aikido Association
A TOMIKI AIKIDO organization founded in 1982 by Karl GEIS in association with Tsuneko MIYAKE and Takeshi INOUE. Independent of the JAPAN AIKIDO ASSOCIATION, this group adopted the training structure and methods...
Karl E. Geis
(1933-8 April 2014). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1969, 8th dan Tomiki Aikido-Fugakukai, 10th dan judo. Professional judo and aikido instructor; owner of Karl Geis Judo School, Inc. Began aikido training at Waseda...