Self-defense techniques; this term is sometimes mistakenly construed to refer to a specific jujutsu school when in fact it is a generic term.
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Josh GoldYoshimi Hanzawa 半沢義巳
(b. c. 1927). 7th dan Aikikai. High School Principal. Director of Tohoku Aikido Federation and prominent figure in development of aikido in northern part of Honshu. Sendai-shi Aikido Kyokai, Gojunin-cho 119, Wakabayashi...
Robert Dziubla
(b. 18 July 1952). 5th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1988 [rank authenticated]. Lawyer. Started aikido in 1965 in Gompers Park, Chicago, Ilinois. Has made several trips to Japan, during the first of which he was promoted to...
Fédération Française d’Aikido et de Budo
(FFAB = French Federation of Aikido and Budo). Formerly the Fédération Française Libre d’Aikido et de Budo. An organization formed under the leadership of Nobuyoshi TAMURA in 1982 grouping together French...
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...
Jose Garrido
(b. 1955). Kyoju Dairi, Nihon Goshin Aikido; 1st dan Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu-Kodokai, 1982 [rank authenticated]. First taught by Richard Bowe in New Jersey, USA in 1965. Holder of rankings from various jujutsu...