(b. 24 August 1957). 4th dan Yoshinkan Aikido. Yoshinkan Aikido Jokyo. Began training c. 1980. Member of the staff of the Aikido Yoshinkan International newsletter. Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo, Kami Ochiai 2-28-8, Shinjuku-ku...
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Josh GoldShuji Maruyama
(b. 1 April 1940). 6th dan Aikikai. Graduate in economics from Nihon University. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in the late 1950s. Dispatched to Cleveland, Ohio in March 1966 and relocated to...
Tsuruzo Miyamoto 宮本鶴蔵
(b. 3 March 1953). B. Fukuoka, Kyushu. 7th dan Aikikai. Aikikai shihan. First taught aikido by Morito SUGANUMA. Trained at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO from 1975-1979 as an apprentice instructor under the tutelage of...
Musubi 結び
Knot; tie. The concept of a link between the attacker and defender permitting the smooth execution of techniques. See AWASE.
Mutsuro Nakazono
(also Masahiro) (20 December 1918-8 October 1994). 7th dan Aikikai. Acupuncturist and Oriental medicine practitioner. B. Kagoshima Prefecture. Strong judo background. Relocated to France in 1961 as an official delegate...
Hisashi Noma 野間恒
(24 April 1909-7 November 1938). Kendoka. Son of Seiji NOMA, founder of Kodansha Publishing Company. One of Japan’s top kendoka during the mid-1930s and a friend and contemporary of Kiyoshi NAKAKURA. In May 1934...