Practice; training. The word keiko in Japanese, as opposed to the word RENSHU which also is translated as “practice” or “training,” has the literal meaning of “reflecting on old things...
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Josh GoldTakeshi Kimeda
(b. 22 February 1941). 9th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Aikido instructor. Graduate of Meiji Gakuin and captain of his university aikido club (1963-64). Taught in California and Michigan in 1964 before moving to Ontario to...
Kobukan Dojo 皇武館道場
Name of the permanent dojo completed by Morihei UESHIBA in the Ushigome District of Shinjuku, Tokyo in April 1931. The building was torn down in 1967 for the construction of the present AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO
Yoji Kondo 近藤ゆうじ
(b. 1933). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA, 1989 [rank authenticated]; studied judo as a university student in Japan. Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania. Astrophysicist; professor, University of Pennsylvania, and George Mason...
Minoru Kurita 栗田稔
(b. 3 September 1943). First began aikido training at age 17 at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in Tokyo at the urging of his older brother Yutaka KURITA. Later became an UCHIDESHI and professional instructor at the Aikikai...
Lega Italiana Di Aikido
(LIA = Italian Aikido League). An Italian organization established in Milan in 1983 recognized by the COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO and the EUROPEAN AIKIDO FEDERATION created in 1980 from the Directing Committee...