(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...
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Josh GoldYutaka Otsuki 大槻豊
First taught DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU by Sokaku TAKEDA. Later became the calligraphy teacher of Seiseki ABE who studied aikido under Morihei UESHIBA and who later became the founder’s calligraphy teacher. Otsuki was...
Menkyo Kaiden 免許皆伝
Certificate of advanced proficiency. Highest certificate of proficiency awarded in many traditional Japanese martial art systems. Sokaku TAKEDA is known to have awarded DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU menkyo kaiden to Takuma HISA...
Hiromichi Nagano 長野弘道
(19 June 1947 to 1 December 2017). 8th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Professional aikido instructor and official representative for YOSHINKAN AIKIDO in Germany. Extensive judo background. Member of Metropolitan Police Martial...
Yukio Noguchi
(1927-1998). 7th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. B. Kumamoto, Japan. Began study of judo, karate, kendo and sumo at age 16. Twice won Kanto Regional Judo Championships. Early practitioner of YOSHINKAN AIKIDO. Trained early...
Lionel Oudart
(b. 1942). 3rd dan Aikido-IMAF, 1981 [rank authenticated]. Instructor of martial arts and yoga. Also holds 2nd dan in judo and Katori Shinto-ryu. Began martial arts training c. 1965. Trained in aikido and AIKI BUDO...