(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...
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Josh GoldHistory of Aikido in Italy
The history of aikido in Italy began in 1946 in Rome with the return from Japan of Prof. Salvatore MERG�. Merg� had spent nine years in Japan on a diplomatic mission. He was a learned orientalist who taught Japanese at...
Jiyushinkai
A TOMIKI AIKIDO organization established by Chuck Clark in 1986 which groups together former students of Karl GEIS and which has adopted Geis’ non-competitive approach to Tomiki Aikido. A sister organization of...
Kozo Kaku かくこうぞう
(b. 1958). Graduate in History of Nara University. Active as a historian, writer and lecturer. Member of the Japan Pen Club and Japan Historical Science Society. Has published numerous articles on aikido, Daito-ryu and...
Koichi Kashiwaya かしわやこいち
(b. 1949). 8th dan Shinshin Toitsu Aikido; Okuden Shinshin Toitsu (Ki). Aikido instructor, KI lecturer. Began training at Rissho University in Tokyo in 1969. Chief Instructor of Ki Society (USA) and Midland Ki Society...
Takuma Hisa 久琢磨
(1895-31 October 1980). B. Kochi Prefecture. A sumo wrestler in his youth, he was later employed by the Osaka Asahi Newspaper office in the 1930s. He studied first under Morihei UESHIBA and then, in 1936, directly under...