(b. 19 May 1956). 8th dan Yoshinkan Aikido teacher. First taught by Takeshi KIMEDA in Toronto in 1977. Began training at YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Hombu Dojo in Tokyo in 1986. Winner of award for best demonstration at 1987 All...
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Josh GoldJames Moritaka Nakayama
(b. 26 September 1947). 6th dan Aikikai. Engineer/scientist. B. in Waipahu, Hawaii. Began judo in 1953 under Ryusei Inouye in Los Angeles. First taught aikido by Harry ISHISAKA at the Orange County Aikikai in 1973. Also...
First Omoto Incident
Occurred on 12 February 1921. About 200 police raided the OMOTO Headquarters and houses of leaders in AYABE. Leaders including Onisaburo DEGUCHI were arrested and charged with l
Jacques Payet
(b. 24 August 1957). 4th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Yoshinkan Aikido Jokyo. Began training c. 1980. Member of the staff of the Aikido Yoshinkan International newsletter. Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo, Kami Ochiai 2-28-8, Shinjuku-ku...
Shuji Maruyama
(b. 1 April 1940). 6th dan Aikikai. Graduate in economics from Nihon University. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in the late 1950s. Dispatched to Cleveland, Ohio in March 1966 and relocated to...