(b. c. 1952). 6th dan Aikikai. Aikikai Shihan. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in the early 1970s. Became a junior instructor at the Aikikai where he taught for many years. Relocated to Berkeley...
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Josh GoldGozo Shioda 塩田剛三
(9 September 1915-17 July 1994). Also Takeshi. B. Tokyo. Founder of YOSHINKAN AIKIDO. Graduate of Takushoku University. Studied judo and kendo as a youth. Entered the KOBUKAN DOJO in 1932 where he studied for eight...
Soden
11 training manuals based on the techniques of Morihei Ueshiba and Sokaku TAKEDA privately published by Takuma HISA. Formal title, Daito-ryu Aiki Budo Densho Zen Juikkan Mokuroku. Comprises the technical core of the...
Sumiotoshi 角落し
Corner drop. A throwing technique where the attacker is forced off balance diagonally backwards by the extended hand of the defender.
Rikaku Taisei 離隔態勢
(Lit., “separated stance”) Techniques used when standing apart from one’s opponent; used by Kenji TOMIKI when teaching judo to refer to techniques with a longer MAAI, i. e. aikido techniques.