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    Aikido (Shinjitai: 合気道, Kyūjitai: 合氣道, aikidō, Japanese pronunciation: [aikiꜜdoː]) is a modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different...
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  • Aikikai (redirect from Aikido Doshu)
    school of Aikido. It is centered on the Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Doshu (the family heir of the founder of Aikido). It is represented...
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    Shodokan Aikido (昭道館合気道, Shōdōkan Aikidō) is the style of Aikido founded by Kenji Tomiki. Shodokan Aikido is sometimes referred to as 合気道競技 (Aikido Kyogi)...
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    Shimizu (清水 健二, Shimizu Kenji), b. 1940, is an aikido teacher and founder of the aikido style Tendo-ryu Aikido (天道流). Shimizu was born in 1940 in Fukuoka...
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  • Though the art of aikido is characteristically different from other Japanese martial arts, it has a variety of identifiable styles within the family of...
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  • Aikido techniques are frequently referred to as waza 技 (which is Japanese for technique, art or skill). Aikido training is based primarily on two partners...
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    Shoji Nishio (redirect from Nishio Aikido)
    (西尾 昭二, Nishio Shōji, December 5, 1927 – March 15, 2005) was a Japanese aikido practitioner and innovator. He held the rank of 8th dan shihan from the...
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  • Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (心身統一合氣道) or Ki Aikido (氣 合気道) is a Japanese martial art, a gendai budo (contemporary martial art). It is part of the martial...
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  • 1969) was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" Kaiso (開祖) or Ōsensei (大先生/翁先生)...
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  • Kokikai (光気会) is a style of Aikido, founded by Shuji Maruyama. The organization is called Kokikai Aikido International. The Kokikai style emphasizes natural...
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  • July 17, 1994) was a Japanese master of aikido who founded the Yoshinkan style of aikido. He was one of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba's most senior students...
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    black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan where he became the first American to teach in an aikido dojo. He later...
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    Jujutsu (section Aikido)
    used to develop many modern martial arts and combat sports, such as judo, aikido, sambo, ARB, Brazilian jiu-jitsu (via judo), and mixed martial arts. "Jū"...
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    Koichi Tohei (section Aikido)
    its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (literally "aikido with mind and body unified"), but commonly known as Ki-Aikido. Koichi Tohei...
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    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. Hitohiro...
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  • prominent Japanese master of aikido. He was the son of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido, and became the international leader of aikido after his father's death...
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  • 5 October 1936) is a Japanese aikido instructor and founder of Aikido Yuishinkai (合氣道唯心会), he was an uchideshi of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba and also...
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    (千葉和雄 also T.K. Chiba; February 5, 1940 – June 5, 2015) was a Japanese aikido teacher and founder of Birankai International. He served for seven years...
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  • specialized in aikido and judo family of martial arts. He was a pedagogue of martial arts theory (武道論, Budo-ron). He is the founder of Japan Aikido Association...
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    camp where he would witness his first aikido demonstration. Returning home from summer camp, Haruo began taking aikido classes at a local dojo, but his teacher...
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  • Yoshokai (redirect from Yoshokai aikido)
    The Aikido Yoshokai Association of North America - AYANA (合氣道耀尚會) is an aikido organization founded in 1991 by former Yoshinkan-affiliated master Takashi...
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    January 1, 1940) is a Japanese aikido instructor currently living in the Japan. He is an 8th dan ranked Aikikai aikido master teacher. Takeda is among...
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  • Iwama Dōjō (redirect from Iwama aikido)
    36.293408; 140.281023 The Iwama Dōjō is a dōjō built by the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, who lived there from 1942 until his death in 1969. It...
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  • art of aikido, with many students around the world. Saito's practice of aikido spanned 56 years, from the age of 18, when he first met aikido founder...
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  • Yoshinkan (redirect from Yoshinkan Aikido)
    Cultivation") Aikido is a style of aikido that developed after World War II in the Yoshinkan Dojo of Gozo Shioda (1915–1994). Yoshinkan Aikido is often called...
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    Developed for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), it uses techniques derived from Aikido, Boxing, Judo, Karate and Wrestling. It is known for its focus on real-world...
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    (born 22 August 1950) is a Japanese aikido instructor. He holds the rank of 7th dan Aikikai. Born in Tokyo, his aikido teachers included Morihei Ueshiba...
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  • from the Japan Aikido Hombu Dojo. He was the first Aikido representative of the Japan Aikikai Hombu Dojo to spread and propagate Aikido in the Philippines...
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    Hapkido (redirect from Korean aikido)
    hangul is rendered as 合氣道 in hanja. This is similar to how the Japanese aikido was written using kyūjitai in the pre-1946 period. Currently, though, the...
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  • Ki Society (redirect from Ki-aikido)
    The Ki Society (気の研究会, Ki no Kenkyūkai) is an aikido organization founded by Koichi Tohei in 1971, while he was the chief instructor at the Aikikai Hombu...
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