The origins of aikido in France can be traced back to the year 1951 when Minoru MOCHIZUKI visited the country to teach judo at the request of the Overseas Research Department of Nihon University. During this time he...
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Josh GoldFrits W. Van Gulick
(b. 1944). 4th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA. Sociologist and regional planner. Began training at the Sportschool Bontje in the Hague, the Netherlands in 1973 under John Bontje. Spent seven months in Japan beginning in the...
Richard Strozzi Heckler
(b. c. 1946). 3rd dan Aikikai. Ph. D. in psychology and co-founder of the Lomi School. Psychotherapist and consultant. Author of The Anatomy of Change and Aikido and the New Warrior (see bibl. ). Currently resides and...
Evelyn A. Dysarz
(b. 22 April 1947). 3rd dan Yoshinkan Aikido-IYAF. Chiropractic physician. Began training in Detroit, Michigan in 1973. One of the original incorporators of the AIKIDO YOSHINKAI ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Currently...
Jr. Faris, Francis X.
(b. 1943). 1st dan Tomiki Aikido, 1990 [rank authenticated]. Lawyer. Began training in 1983 in Columbia, Maryland. Extensive experience in teaching aikido to the aged and handicapped. Instructor at two Maryland aikido...