Heaven and earth throw. A technique where one brings one’s hand upward (heaven) under the chin of the attacker and then downward with the other hand (earth) to execute the throw.
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Josh GoldTakeji Tomita 富田武治
(b. February 1942). 7th dan Aikikai, 1989. First taught by Shoji NISHIO at Toyo University in Tokyo in 1962. An UCHIDESHI at the IWAMA Dojo under Morihiro SAITO beginning in 1968 until the death of Morihei UESHIBA in...
Ueshiba Juku 植芝塾
Ueshiba Private School. Name of first dojo which Morihei UESHIBA opened c. 1921 in his home near the OMOTO RELIGION Headquarters in AYABE. It occupied 18 mats and was frequented mostly by young men of the Omoto Sect and...
Seiji Tanaka 田中清二
(b. 22 April 1939). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido, 1989-JAA [rank authenticated]. Owner of an insurance company. Graduated from Waseda University, 1962. Started aikido in 1958 as a member of the WASEDA UNIVERSITY AIKIDO CLUB...
Tendokan 天道館
An organization established by Kenji SHIMIZU, former UCHIDESHI of the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO, in the mid-1970s, independent of the Aikikai organization. Tendokan Dojo, 2-13-15 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154 Japan (03)413...