Third rank or grade. Third degree black belt in martial arts ranking systems.
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Josh GoldSeika Tanden 臍下丹田
Central point of stomach located slightly below the navel; used to refer to the physical and spiritual center of human beings and popularized in the aikido context by Koichi TOHEI.
Shidoin 指導員
Instructor. The middle of three instructor levels instituted by the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in the mid-1970s at the time of the creation of the INTERNATIONAL AIKIDO FEDERATION. Corresponds approximately to 4th and 5th degree...
Shirataki 白滝
A small town in the northern part of Hokkaido where Morihei UESHIBA lived from 1912-1919. Ueshiba played a leadership role in the clearing of the land and settling of this town as part of a group of colonizers from...
Birger Sorensen
(b. 24 March 1955). 3rd dan Aikikai. President of organic chemistry R&D company. First taught by Minoru KANETSUKA in London in 1976. After practicing one year, returned to Tromso, Norway where he established the...
Kanshu Sunadomari 砂泊誠秀
(1923-13 November 2010). Also Kanehira and Kan’ei. 9th dan Aikikai, 1961. B. Kagoshima Prefecture. From a family of devout OMOTO RELIGION believers. Younger step-brother of Kanemoto SUNADOMARI and brother of...