(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...
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Josh GoldOmoto Religion 大本教
Lit. , “Great Origin.” A new religious sect founded at the end of the 19th century by an illiterate woman named Nao DEGUCHI who underwent a series of enlightenment experiences and around whom a large...
Lou Perriello
4th dan Aikikai-USAF. Began training in 1962 in Boston, Massachusetts. Became UNITED STATES AIKIDO FEDERATION Shidoin in 1983. Holds U. S. Department of the Interior certification for teaching aikido to law enforcement...
Tsunenori Kayanomiya
(January 1900-1978). First son of Prince Kuninori Kayanomiya. First cousin of Nagako Kuninomiya who married the Showa Emperor in 1924. The Kayanomiya family was established as an independent family lineage in 1900...
Kiai 気合い
Combative shout, or yell; common to many martial arts. The kiai is designed to distract or disturb the attacker to facilitate the execution of a technique.
Kobudo Kenkyukai
(Classical Martial Arts Research Society). An organization created in 1928 by Jigoro KANO within the KODOKAN to study, preserve, and develop traditional Japanese martial arts. Kano had his most talented students such as...