American affiliate of the JAPAN AIKIDO ASSOCIATION, TOMIKI AIKIDO governing body, formed in 1989 at the initiative of Robert DZIUBLA (Los Angeles, California). Includes representatives from most Tomiki dojos in the U. S...
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Josh GoldMitsunari Kanai 金井満成
(b. 1939-28 March 2004). 8th dan Aikikai. B. in Manchuria. Aikikai Shihan. An UCHIDESHI at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO from c. 1959 to 1966. Dispatched to Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1966. Active as a shihan and technical...
Taiso Horikawa 堀川泰宗
Also Taishu. B. Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. Father of Kodo HORIKAWA. Operated a gold mine and inn while active as a member of the village council of Yubetsu in Northern Hokkaido. Also an expert of Shibukawa-ryu Jujutsu...
Ikkyo 一教
First teaching; refers in aikido to a basic technique in which the attacker is unbalanced through the application of pressure on the elbow and shoulder of his outstretched arm which is followed by a pinning movement...