(b. 21 December 1943). 6th dan Aikikai/Birankai International (2002). Aikido Instructor and artist. B. in Hounslow, Middlesex, England. First taught aikido by Ben Sekishiro in 1978 while at the University of California...
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Josh GoldKyotaro Deguchi
(b. c. 1931). Son of Naohi and Hidemaru DEGUCHI, present leaders of the Omoto religion, who resides in KAMEOKA near Kyoto. Grandson of Onisaburo and Sumiko DEGUCHI. Studied SHINWA TAIDO under Noriaki INOUE. Wrote a...
Aiki Taiso 合気体操
Aiki exercises; refers to various movements and blending exercises practiced before training in techniques; designed to teach the principle of aiki.
Abashiri 網走
A town in the northern part of Hokkaido. Pop. 43,000. Burial place of Sokaku TAKEDA. Site of the DAITOKAN Dojo, headquarters of DAITO-RYU AIKI BUDO headmaster Tokimune TAKEDA.