(1923-2 February 2004). 10th dan [directly awarded by Morihei Ueshiba]. B. Wakayama Prefecture. Head of Kumano Juku Dojo in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. Met Morihei UESHIBA as a child and studied various traditional...
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Josh GoldKunioki Ishimura 石村くにおき
(b. 27 June 1945). 5th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Tokyo. Kobayashi Dojo Shidoin. First taught by Yasuo KOBAYASHI at Kodaira Dojo in 1969. Instructor at Tanashi Dojo. Kobayashi Dojo, 582 Higashi-machi, Gakuen...
History of Aikido in Japan
The year 1942 is often cited as the beginning of modern aikido. It was at that time that the DAI NIHON BUTOKUKAI, desiring to achieve a standardizaton in teaching methodology and nomenclature for modern Japanese martial...
Juken 銃剣
Bayonet, used by Japanese military prior to and during World War II. Sometimes used to refer to the mock rifle and bayonet made of wood, or mokuju, used in jukendo, a modern competitive budo administered by the All...