(b. March 1936). 9th dan karate, 8th dan Yoseikan Aikido, 8th dan jujutsu, 7th dan iaido, 3rd dan judo. B. Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Graduate in Veterinary Science of Nihon University. Eldest son of Minoru...
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Josh GoldHistory of Aikido in the Netherlands
Aikido began in the Netherlands c. 1963 with visits by Hirokazu KOBAYASHI to teach small groups of Dutch judoka. The organization which grew out of these first groups joined the Aikido Section of the Judo Bond...
Masamichi Noro 野呂昌道
(21 January 1935-15 March 2013). B. in Aomori. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in 1955. Dispatched to France in 1961 as a 5th dan and became a 6th dan shihan in 1963. Noro later separated from the Aikikai...
Hayato Osawa 大沢勇人
(b. c. 1951). 5th dan Aikikai. Son of Kisaburo OSAWA and junior instructor at AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO. Aikikai Hombu Dojo, 17-18 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162 Japan (03)203-9236.
Takeyasu Masuda 増田丈幸
(b. 1932). Graduate of Waseda University. A long-time student of Shoji NISHIO. Served as emcee for the 1985 and 1986 FRIENDSHIP DEMONSTRATIONS sponsored by AIKI NEWS.