(b. 1928). 8th dan Aikikai. B. Tokyo. An early practitioner of YOSHINKAN AIKIDO. Presently head instructor of the Meiji Shrine Dojo. Mr. Shigeho Tanaka, 708-121 Ozenji, Asoku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 215 Japan...
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Josh GoldTenjin Shin’yo Ryu Jujutsu 天神真楊流柔術
Traditional Japanese jujutsu school which is one of the major sources of judo techniques. Morihei UESHIBA studied this art for a period of a few months in Tokyo c. 1900 under Tokusaburo TOZAWA. It probably had little...
Masao Tonedate 刀禰館正雄
(Dates unknown). Editor at Osaka Asahi News in mid-to-late 1930s. One of two recipients of the MENKYO KAIDEN from Sokaku TAKEDA in 1939. The other person awarded this certification was Takuma HISA. Tonedate was not a...
Hatsu Ueshiba 植芝はつ
(25 November 1881-26 June 1969). Née Itogawa. Wife of the founder of aikido. Married Morihei UESHIBA in TANABE c. 1903. Lifelong companion of her husband, she bore him a total of four children: a daughter, Matsuko (b...
Yoshinobu Takeda
8th dan Aikikai. Began aikido training at AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in the early 1960s. One of the leading students of Seigo YAMAGUCHI. Currently the director of Aikido Kenkyukai International and the Shonan Aikido Renmei in...
Shin’ichi Tanimura
(b. 2 February 1941). B. Miyagi Prefecture. 4th dan Aikikai. First trained in KOBAYASHI Dojo in Kodaira in 1970. Mr. Shin’ichi Tanimura, Esteeto 7-301, Ichiban-cho 6-17-1, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo-to Japan (0425)31...