(b. 12 April 1951). 5th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Management consultant. Began training in 1974 in Toronto, Canada. Taught until 1985 by Takeshi KIMEDA and Takashi KUSHIDA. Then trained at the YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Hombu Dojo in...
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Josh GoldFumio Toyoda 豊田文夫
(8 November 1947-4 July 2001). 6th dan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido. Graduate in law of Senshu University. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI under Koichi TOHEI and Kisshomaru UESHIBA in the late 1960s. Toyoda...
Francis Takahashi
(b. 26 August 1943). 6th dan Aikikai. Step-son of Isao TAKAHASHI. Began practice in 1953 in Honolulu, Hawaii. One of the pioneers of aikido in the Los Angeles and Chicago areas. Currently active in real estate sales, he...
Isamu Takeshita 竹下勇
(4 December 1869-6 July 1949). Born Yamamoto. B. Hayato-cho, Aira-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture. Imperial Navy Admiral. As a second son unable to succeed his father he was adopted into the Takeshita family as a boy...