An informal term referring to the aikido taught in IWAMA by Morihiro SAITO, one of the closest students of Morihei UESHIBA. Technically it includes an emphasis on the relationship among TAIJUTSU, KEN and JO movements...
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Josh GoldLinda Holiday
(b. c. 1954). 4th dan Aikikai. M. A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University. Fluent in Japanese. First taught by Robert FRAGER at the University of California, Santa Cruz c. 1972. Spent several years studying in...
Ikuo Iimura 飯村郁男
(1925-25 August 2004). B. Tokyo. 8th dan Aikikai. Employed as a technician by the Self-Defense Force. A mainstay of early morning practice at Aikikai Hombu Dojo starting in the mid-1950s through the 1990s. Also studied...
Institut Noro (Noro Institute)
An independent French organization established by Masamichi NORO in the 1970s which replaced the ASSOCIATION CULTURELLE FRAN