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Don Angier

(1933-9 October 2014).Headmaster of YANAGI-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU. A student of Kenji Yoshida, son of Kotaro YOSHIDA, who migrated to California where he taught a modified form of DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU. Angier was the younger...

Aiki 合気

Blended, or matched ki. In aikido, refers to the concept of blending physically and mentally with the attacker. Used in DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU to refer to the perception and nullification of an opponent’s attack...

Aiki Budo 合気武道

One of the early names used to describe Morihei UESHIBA’s art from the mid-1930s to early 1940s. The techniques of Ueshiba during this period can best be appreciated by an analysis of the several hundred NOMA DOJO...