(b. 13 April 1948). 7th Dan, Iwama Shin-Shin Aiki Shuren Kai. B. Fresno, California. Served 16 years in the U. S. Army, 11 in Japan. Taught by Tetsutaka SUGAWARA and Morihiro SAITO. Co-translator of Vols. 3 and 4 of...
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Josh GoldAkira Tohei 藤平光
(1929-2 July 1999). 8th dan Aikikai, 1989. B. Tochigi Prefecture. First taught aikido by Koichi TOHEI. Relocated to Chicago, Illinois as an official representative of the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in 1972. Midwest Aikido...
Itsuo Tsuda 津田逸夫
(3 May 1914 – 10 March 1984). 4th dan Aikikai, 6th dan Seitai. B. in Korea. Specialized in Chinese studies and ethnosociology in France with Marcel Granet and Marcel Mauss from 1934-1940 and became fluent in the...
Moriteru Ueshiba 植芝守央
(b. 2 April 1951). B. Tokyo. Graduate of Meiji University in Economics. Second son of Kisshomaru UESHIBA, grandson of Morihei UESHIBA and third heir to aikido. Instructor at the National Diet, KDD Telephone Co., NHK and...
Yukiyoshi Takamura
(1928-March 2000). Shindo Yoshin-ryu shihan. B. Otsu, Japan. Began martial training in his grandfather, Shigeta Ohbata’s dojo in Tokyo around the age of six. At age 16, Takamura was symbolically awarded the family...