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...
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Josh GoldBill 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...
Tokuji Hirata 平田徳治
(c1922-2009 Jan 26) An early student of Koichi TOHEI in Hawaii. Appears as an UKE in Tohei’s first book in English entitled Aikido (see bibl. ). Relocated to San Diego, California in the late 1950s where he opened...
Toshikazu Ichimura
(b. 12 December 1941). 6th dan Aikikai, 1977; 6th dan iaido and Renshi-Dai Nihon Butokukai Zen Nihon Iaido Renmei, 1965. B. Nerima, Tokyo. B. A. in Microeconomics from Toyo University. First taught by Shoji NISHIO at...
Takeshi Inoue 井上武
(b. 5 January 1946). 6th dan Tomiki Aikido-JAA [rank authenticated]; 3rd dan judo. Works in real estate development. Began aikido at the age of 12 in 1958, under Kenji TOMIKI and Hideo OHBA. Graduate of Keio University...