Half stance; ready position with one foot forward prior to execution of technique. See also KAMAE. Morihei Ueshiba executing a hanmi handachi technique at the Noma Dojo (1935). Uke: Shigemi Yonekawa
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Josh GoldSteven 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...
European Aikido Federation
(EAF). An organization created in November 1975 in Paris at the same time as the INTERNATIONAL AIKIDO FEDERATION and which grouped together the AIKIKAI-HOMBU-affiliated national organizations of Europe. Its first...
Robert Forrest Webb
(b. 9 April 1929). 5th dan Tomiki Aikido-BAA, 1989 [rank authenticated]. Also has practiced judo and kendo. Novelist and playwright. British Kayak Champion 500/1000 meters, 1949-50. Started judo in 1945 in Liverpool and...
Janez Gale
(b. 1955). Began training in 1978 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Training experience in AIKIKAI HOMBU-Style, SHINSHIN TOITSU AIKIDO and IWAMA-STYLE AIKIDO. Began publishing Aikido Satori Bilten newsletter in March 1990...
André Gonze
(b. c. 1930). A long-time Belgian practitioner who was president of the EUROPEAN AIKIDO FEDERATION at the time of the withdrawal of part of the aikidoka from the F