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9 unusual facts about aikido


Bill Ryusaki

Bill Ryusaki trained in Shotokan Karate and Judo while his brothers trained in Kendo, Aikido, and Judo.

Christian Tissier

Christian Tissier (born 1951 in Paris, France) is one of the best known European Aikido teachers, who pioneered the art in France.

Corky Quakenbush

Apart from his filmmaking, Quakenbush is also an instructor in the art of Aikido and founder of Kakushi Toride Aikido.

Dan Millman

During Millman's tenure at Stanford, he trained in Aikido, eventually earning a shodan (black belt) ranking, and studied T'ai chi (Taiji) and other martial arts.

Jake Ogden

Ogden also studied Judo, Kick boxing, Thai boxing, Mauy Thai, Lau Gar Kung Fu, Shotokan Karate, Wado-Ryu Karate, Aikido, Taekwondo and Wing Chun Kung Fu and holds Black Belts/Sashes in Jado Kuin Do Kung Fu, Wing Chun Kung Fu Kickboxing, Karate, Thai boxing and Taekwondo.

Kim Wallin

Wallin' hobbies include wine tasting, gourmet cooking, golf, skiing, hiking, and Aikido.

Mykel Hawke

Also of note is that he has earned black belts in both Aikido and Judo.

Sankyo

A principle in Aikido referred to as "third teaching" (which includes certain wristlocks)

Stephen Gilligan

Gilligan also developed a new therapy, known as self-relations psychotherapy, using ideas from Ericksonian, Aikido, Buddhism, meditation, and the performance arts.


Aiki-jō

Much of the aiki-jō syllabus was developed by Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, 1883–1969) at his dojo in Iwama, Japan, at the same time he developed aikido's sword training (called aiki-ken).

Aiki-ken

Much of the aiki-ken syllabus was developed by Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, 1883–1969) at his dojo in Iwama, Japan, at the same time he developed aikido's staff training (called aiki-jō).

Aikido styles

Though the art of aikido is characteristically different from other Japanese martial arts, it has a variety of identifiable styles within the family of organizations descending from the teachings of Morihei Ueshiba.

Aikido World Championships

The Aikido World Championships is a tournament organized by the style of Tomiki Aikido or Shodokan Aikido following the wishes of its founder Tomiki Kenji.

André Nocquet

A collection of reflections on the philosophy of the founder of aikido together with some 80 photos of Morihei Ueshiba, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Koichi Tohei, et al.

B. H. Barry

He went on to study Aikido and stage combat with friend and mentor, Barry Jackson, an English stuntman.

Carole Dekeijser

The practice of aikido, aikijutsu, bōjutsu and aikiken, both Japanese martial arts, brought her in touch with the ancient Asian philosophical concepts of the universe.

Gaku Homma

According to Homma, at the age of 14, he was sent by his father to train in Iwama under aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei.

Hiroshi Ikeda

Ikeda was born in Tokyo and began studying aikido in 1968 while attending college at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.

Hitohiro Saito

Hitohiro Saito (斎藤 仁弘 Saitō Hitohiro, born 12 February 1957 in Iwama) is an aikido instructor and founding headmaster of Iwama Shin-Shin Aiki Shuren-kai.

Isamu Takeshita

Also, in 1941, Takeshita used his influence to arrange a demonstration of aikido by Ueshiba at the Imperial Palace.

Itsuo Tsuda

Having reconciled with his father, in 1934 he went to France, where he studied with Marcel Granet and Marcel Mauss until 1940, when he went back Japan: he studied Noh with Master Hosada, Seitai with Master Haruchika Noguchi and Aikido with Master Morihei Ueshiba.

Iwama style

Iwama Style is the style of aikido that was taught at Iwama dojo (in Iwama) by the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, and especially the lineage passed on through Morihiro Saito, a close disciple who was given responsibility over Iwama dojo by Ueshiba.

Jaz Parks series

Her extensive martial arts background includes training in kung fu, aikido, and taekwondo.

Katsuaki Asai

In the early days of German aikido, Asai clashed with the Deutscher Judobund (DJB) over whether his art should be included under their organisation.

Kealakekua, Hawaii

Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka (1927-1978) -important figure in the development of aikido in southern California.

Mitsuteru Ueshiba

("Waka-sensei" means "young teacher," and applied to Moriteru Ueshiba when Kisshomaru Ueshiba was still alive; this usage also exists outside of aikido, and is a facet of senpai and kōhai.)

Morito Suganuma

Born in Fukushima, Japan, his first contact with aikido was in 1963 at the Asia University in Tokyo where he followed a class taught by Nobuyoshi Tamura.

Mutsuro Nakazono

Mutsuro Nakazono (December 20, 1918 – 1994) (first name also spelled "Mitsuro" or "Masahiro") was a Japanese acupuncturist, an Oriental medicine practitioner and a 7th dan Aikikai aikido master with a strong judo background.

Randori

In Steven Seagal's Tenshin Aikido Federation (affiliated with the Aikikai), the randori is different from that of Aikikai—the attackers can do anything to the defender (e.g. punch, grab, kick, etc.),

Reishin Kawai

He began his study of aikido under Saito Torataro, who also began training Kawai in Oriental medicine.

Richard Strozzi-Heckler

In 1976, Strozzi-Heckler, together with George Leonard and Wendy Palmer, established the Aikido of Tamalpais dojo in Mill Valley, California.

Seiseki Abe

He was particularly struck by the similarity between the breathing technique used in aikido, misogi and shodo and arrived to the conclusion that the three arts are pursuing the same ultimate goal - the comprehension of the concept of ki.

Stefan Stenudd

Stenudd along with many others was close to the resident Japanese aikido teacher Toshikazu Ichimura but also had conflicts with him, which was part of the reasons for him starting his first own dojo in 1978, in the Stockholm suburb Brandbergen in Haninge.

Teimoc Johnston

His father believed Judo, Kendo, Aikido, and Kyudo were essential parts of an education, so at age of 6 he began his lifelong study of Judo.

Toshikazu Ichimura

Stenudd, Stefan: Aikido - den fredliga kampkonsten (literally "Aikido - the peaceful martial art").

Ueshiba

Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, often referred to as Ōsensei

Moriteru Ueshiba, an aikido master, the third doshu of the Aikikai

Yasuhisa Shioda

Yasuhisa Shioda (Japanese: 塩田泰久 born 15 November 1952) is the third Sōke of Yoshinkan aikido, succeeding his brother, Tetsutaro Shioda, in keeping with the iemoto tradition in Japanese martial arts.


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