6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA. Began training c. 1959 in London under Senta YAMADA. Emigrated to Australia in 1971 and formed the AUSTRALIAN AIKIDO ASSOCIATION, which is directly affiliated to the JAPAN AIKIDO ASSOCIATION...
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Josh GoldGreslé, Jean
(b. 1937). 3rd dan FFAAA [rank authenticated] and FFKA. Aikido instructor in Gretz-Armainvilliers, France. Trained under André NOCQUET, Mutsuro NAKAZONO, Kisshomaru UESHIBA, Morihei UESHIBA (1965 to April 1969) and...
Kengo Hatayama 畑山憲吾
(b. 28 June 1947). 6th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Akita Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojo Shihan. Began training at Akita Branch Dojo in 1968. Spent from 1978 to early 1981 teaching in West Germany as an assistant to...
Steven W. Duncan
(b. 22 March 1955). 5th dan Tomiki Aikido-Jiyushinkai, May 1990; 4th dan Aikido-IMAF, May 1988 [ranks authenticated]. Professional aikido instructor. First taught by Karl GEIS in Houston, Texas in 1977. Formed SHOBU...
Ulf Evenas
(b. 1946). 7th dan Iwama-ryu Aikido, 6th dan Aikikai. Senior representative of Iwama Aikido in Northern Europe. Professional instructor of aikido and conflict management. First taught aikido in Gothenborg, Sweden in...
Robert Frager
(b. c. 1940). 6th dan Aikikai. Ph. D. in Psychology, Harvard University. Early American practitioner who studied two-and-a-half years at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in early 1960s. Studied in Shingu with Michio HIKITSUCHI in...