Competition aikido; a term sometimes used in Japanese to refer to TOMIKI AIKIDO developed by Waseda University professor Kenji TOMIKI.
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Josh GoldZenzaburo Akazawa 赤沢善三郎
(c. 1920-2007). Entered KOBUKAN DOJO as an UCHIDESHI c. 1933. Name appears in KASHIMA SHINTO-RYU enrollment records along with that of Morihei UESHIBA dated 16 May 1937. Interviewed AN#48.
Laszlo Abel
(b. 1954-21 June 2009). Employed by the Australian Embassy in Tokyo. Long-time resident of Japan and practitioner of several KOBUJUTSU. Has done extensive research into Masaki Manrikigusari-jutsu and Masaki Kusarigama...
Jim Alcheik
(1931-1962). A pioneer figure of aikido in France. Born to Algerian parents in Duperre, Algeria. Moved with family to France in 1938 at age of seven. Trained in Yoseikan Aikido under Minoru MOCHIZUKI in Paris from 1951...