A TOMIKI AIKIDO organization established by Steven DUNCAN in 1987 which groups together former students of Karl GEIS and which has adopted Geis’ non-competitive approach to Tomiki Aikido. A sister organization of...
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Josh GoldJames R. Stewart
(b. 14 April 1949). 6th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Artist. Began training in Toronto in 1973. Trained under Takeshi KIMEDA and Mitsugoro Karasawa. ofounded Seidokan dojo in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada in 1990 together with...
Shin’ichi Suzuki
(b. 1917). 8th dan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido (1993). Retired police officer and aikido pioneer in Hawaii. B. Waikapu, Maui, Hawaii. Early background in judo. First taught aikido by Koichi TOHEI in 1953. Became chief...
Stanley Pranin
(b. 1945). 5th dan Aikikai. M. A. in Spanish from University of California at Los Angeles in 1968. Magazine editor. Fluent in Japanese. First taught YOSHINKAN AIKIDO by Virgil CRANK in August 1962 in Lomita, California...
Tony Sargeant
(b. 2 February 1950). Aikido instructor. 6th Dan Aikikai, and Aikikai adviser to Takemusu Iwama Aikido Europe, which evolved from Traditional Aikido Iwama Style (founded 1991). First studied aikido in 1973. Received...