Aikido was introduced to Norway in 1977 by Birger SORENSEN who was taught by Minoru KANETSUKA in London. Sorensen opened the first dojo in Norway in Tromso. The Norwegian Aikido Federation was established in 1983 and in...
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Josh GoldKisaburo Osawa 大沢喜三郎
(b. 1910-26 May 1991). 9th dan Aikikai. Entered the KOBUKAN DOJO 1941 and trained for a brief period before World War II. Osawa held the post of Director of the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO for many years until replaced by...
Hosaku Matsuda
(c. 1896-unknown). Also Toshimi. A student of Sokaku TAKEDA resident in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido. An EIMEIROKU entry bearing his name appears dated 1928. Received KYOJU DAIRI certification from Sokaku in August 1929...
Masakatsu Nakai 中井正勝
Middle school teacher in Sakai, Osaka. Teacher of Yagyu Shingan-ryu Jujutsu with whom Morihei UESHIBA studied in the early 1900s in Kai-machi, Sakai City, near Osaka. The Nakai dojo opened on 19 September 1891. Ueshiba...
Kim Otto Nielsen
(b. 1959). 3rd dan Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu-Roppokai. Roppokai Shibucho for Denmark. B. A. in Japanese from University of Copenhagen. First taught DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU by Seigo OKAMOTO in Tokyo in 1983. Established a...