An aikido organization established in 1976 by the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO in Tokyo. Member countries each have national federations which may be admitted to the IAF. Formally a democratic body run by member countries, the...
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Josh GoldGaku Homma 本間学
(b. 12 May 1950) Also Manabu. B. Akita Prefecture. Aikido instructor. Trained as an uchideshi in Iwama and Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo under the Founder Morihei Ueshiba and Morihiro SAITO in the late 1960s. Relocated to...
Masatomi Ikeda 池田昌富
(b. 8 April 1940). 7th dan Aikikai. AIKIKAI HOMBU representative for Switzerland. Taught by Hiroshi TADA. Taught aikido in Naples, Italy for several years and then returned to Japan. Relocated to Switzerland in 1977...