(b. 13 September 1949 – Portsmouth U.K.). 6th Dan Aikido, Kyoshi, Dai Nippon Butoku Kai. Began Martial Arts training in Shotokan Karate in 1964. Began aikido training as part of a group formed by Kenshiro ABBE...
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Josh GoldMasakatsu Agatsu 正勝吾勝
Correct victory; victory over self. An expression coined by Morihei UESHIBA which often appears in his calligraphy.
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...
Robert Nadeau
(b. 1940). 7th dan Aikikai. Professional aikido instructor. An early practitioner and pioneer of aikido in California. Nadeau began practice in the late 1950s and spent more than two years studying at the AIKIKAI HOMBU...
Nanadan 七段
Seventh rank or grade. Seventh degree black belt in martial arts ranking systems. Same as SHICHIDAN.
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...