(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 GoldBjorn Eirik Olsen
(b. 2 October 1955). 4th dan Aikikai, 1989. Cross cultural relations adviser. Began training in 1977 in Norway. Has made several trips to Japan including a two-year stay from 1982-1984 practicing mainly at the...
Delmar Glenn Pack
(b. 1948). 4th dan Yoseikan Budo, 1989 [rank authenticated]. Clinical psychologist. Began training in Alabama in 1967. Studied under Minoru MOCHIZUKI at the YOSEIKAN Hombu on four occasions in Shizuoka, Japan. Founded...
Yukio Kawahara 河原幸男
1940-2 Jun 2011) 8th dan Aikikai. Aikikai Shihan. An official representative of AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in Canada. Originally a student of Bansen TANAKA in Osaka having begun training at age 17. Relocated to Canada c. 1975...
Ki No Michi 気の道
A name given to an aikido-related art developed by Masamichi NORO in France during the 1970s. It is characterized by flowing, slow-motion movements.
Roderick Kobayashi
(7 January 1932-17 June 1995). 6th dan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido. Professional aikido instructor. Born in Hawaii and raised in Japan by his grandfather, a Buddhist priest. After three years of military service, he began...