(b. 14 July 1915). 6th dan Aikikai, 1983 [rank authenticated]. Also 7th dan in Suemonogiri Kempo (Enshin-ryu Iai). Practiced judo and Yoshin-ryu Jujutsu, Kukishin-ryu Bojutsu, Enshin-ryu Kumiuchi Heiho, and Shindo Muso...
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Josh GoldKoji Nishida にしだこうじ
(b. 14 April 1960). 3rd dan Yoshinkan Aikido. B. Sapporo, Hokkaido. Yoshinkan Aikido Shidoin. Began training in 1985 at the Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo. Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo, Kami Ochiai 2-28-8, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161 Japan...
Seigo Okamoto 岡本正剛
(10 February 1925-16 January 2015). B. Yubari City, Hokkaido. First taught by Kodo HORIKAWA in 1963 in Kitami, Hokkaido. Received 7th dan from Horikawa in 1974. Okamoto was promoted to shihan by Horikawa in 1978. He...
Takayuki Oyamada おやまだたかゆき
(b. 5 November 1954). 3rd dan Yoshinkan Aikido. B. Tokyo. Yoshinkan Aikido Shidoin. Began training in 1984 at the YOSHINKAN AIKIDO Koganei Dojo under Gozo SHIODA. Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo, Kami Ochiai 2-28-8, Shinjuku-ku...
Giuseppe Lisco
(b. 1957). 4th dan CONI-FILPJ. Aikido instructor. First taught by Giorgio Oscari in 1973 in Modena, Italy. Trained in Japan as an UCHIDESHI in IWAMA under Morihiro SAITO in 1985 and 1987. Operates two dojos near Modena...
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Italian orientalist and authority on Japanese language and culture who spent nine years in Japan beginning c. 1937 on a diplomatic mission for the Italian government. Merg