(b. 17 December 1878-16 October 1938). The founder of the Kodansha Publishing Company and kendo enthusiast at whose dojo Morihei UESHIBA taught briefly in the mid-1930s. It was there that his son Hisashi and his...
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Josh GoldHokushu Ozawa 大澤北州
(b. 14 September 1951). B. Iwate Prefecture. Studied Wado-ryu Karate from 1964. Began aikido at the Sapporo branch dojo of the AIKIKAI HOMBU in 1970 and later became an instructor. From 1974-1981 practiced at the...
George Leonard
(b. 1923). 3rd dan Aikikai. Author. Contributing editor to Esquire magazine and author of numerous books such as Education and Ecstasy, The Ultimate Athlete (which deals at length with aikido) and The Silent Pulse. Has...
Kenzo Miyazawa
(b. 1937). 6th dan Aikikai. B. 1937 in Ichikawa, Chiba. First taught kendo by his father as a child and later kempo in junior high school. In 1955 enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University, majoring in economics. Began...
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
Gloria Eiko Nomura
6th dan Aikikai. Aikido instructor. B. in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Graduate of University of California, Berkeley in 1955. Masters and Doctorate from School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California. First...