(1867-1941). B. in Kii Province, present-day Wakayama Prefecture. Biologist, ethnologist, and folklorist. Lived in Europe and the United States for 15 years. Discovered many types of new fungi and mold and contributed...
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Josh GoldMusha Shugyo 武者修業
Warrior pilgrimage. In Japanese context, particularly during the Edo Period, refers to a samurai or martial artist wandering about from dojo to dojo to test his strength and hone his skills. See TARYUJIAI.
Fumiko Nakayama まきやまふみお七段
4th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. Began training at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO during the 1960s. Chief instructor at Kiyose Dojo. Kiyose Dojo, Matsuyama 1-13-8, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo-to 204 Japan (0423)41-0376. Hakudo Nakayama
André Nocquet
(30 July 1914 – 12 March 1999). 8th dan. Aikido instructor. An early practitioner of aikido in France in 1950s. Nocquet spent 1955-57 in Tokyo studying at AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO and was one of the first serious foreign...
Bjorn Eirik Olsen
(b. 2 October 1955). 4th dan Aikikai, 1989. Cross cultural relations adviser. Began training in 1977 in Norway. Has made several trips to Japan including a two-year stay from 1982-1984 practicing mainly at the...
Delmar Glenn Pack
(b. 1948). 4th dan Yoseikan Budo, 1989 [rank authenticated]. Clinical psychologist. Began training in Alabama in 1967. Studied under Minoru MOCHIZUKI at the YOSEIKAN Hombu on four occasions in Shizuoka, Japan. Founded...