(b. 3 March 1953). B. Fukuoka, Kyushu. 7th dan Aikikai. Aikikai shihan. First taught aikido by Morito SUGANUMA. Trained at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO from 1975-1979 as an apprentice instructor under the tutelage of...
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Josh GoldHeizaburo Nakatsu
(Dates unknown). Member of the Asahi News dojo who studied under both Morihei Ueshiba and Sokaku TAKEDA in Osaka from c. 1933 to 1939. Awarded the KYOJU DAIRI by Sokaku in October 1937 in Osaka.
Seiji Noma 野間清治
(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...
Hokushu 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...