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Kokyuho 呼吸法

Way or method of breathing. A practice modified from DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU. The term refers in aikido to a seated exercise performed at the end of class where one partner, both of whose wrists are being held, attempts to...

Bill Lawrence

(b. c. 1919). 5th dan Tomiki Aikido- JAA; 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-BAA. Also 1st dan judo. Began aikido c. 1959 under Senta YAMADA, and later studied under Riki KOGURE, Tsunemitsu Naito, Takeshi INOUE, and Hideo OHBA...

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...