Koichi Tohei (藤平光一, Tōhei Kōichi) (20 January 1920 – 19 May 2011) was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially...
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footballer and manager Koichi Tohei (born 1920), Japanese aikido practitioner Kōichi Tokita (born 1961), Japanese manga artist Kōichi Tōchika (born 1971)...
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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 Dojo...
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with the departure of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo's chief instructor Koichi Tohei, in 1974. Tohei left as a result of a disagreement with the son of the founder...
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1969. It started in early 70's with the creation of the Ki Society of Koichi Tohei, the previous Aikikai's Chief Instructor. This martial art focuses on...
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head master Koichi Tohei in the early 1970s pressured Galarpe to take sides and choose his loyalty between the Aikikai and Koichi Tohei's Ki Society....
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1966 by the Aikikai Hombu. He taught in the US for many years. When Koichi Tohei left Aikikai to found Ki-Aikido, Maruyama followed him. This was consistent...
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an uchideshi of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba and also a student of Koichi Tohei. Koretoshi Maruyama first began studying aikido at the Aikikai Hombu...
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of 8th dan in the Aikikai. He began his aikido practice in 1946 under Koichi Tohei, then the chief instructor at Aikikai Honbu Dojo. From 1956 he practiced...
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was the departure of the Aikikai Honbu Dojo's chief instructor Koichi Tohei, in 1974. Tohei left as a result of a disagreement with the son of the founder...
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Prefecture in Japan, Toyoda began training at age 10 with his first teacher Koichi Tohei, whose family land neighbored that of the Toyoda family. Toyoda was awarded...
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The organisation around this system is called Nishikai, which helped Koichi Tohei in starting up aikido in Hawaii, which has members of Nishi-kai on all...
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brought to the new organization the strong influence of his teacher Koichi Tohei, and Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido. Although independent and never formally...
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Shambhala. p. xiv–xv. ISBN 978-0-8348-2946-6. Pranin, Stanley. "When Koichi Tohei and Morihiro Saito met for the last time… October 29, 2001". Aikido Journal...
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YMCA, following the Koichi Tohei-led curriculum. Pranin passed tests for 1st Dan (in August 1965) and 2nd Dan (in 1967) given by Tohei. After receiving a...
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on aikido in French language, and a scathing letter in critique of Koichi Tohei´s decision to break from the Aikikai and start his own Ki Society. He...
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Sunadomari* Hiroshi Tada* Isamu Takeshita* Bansen Tanaka* Kiyoyuki Terada Koichi Tohei* Kenji Tomiki* Seigo Yamaguchi* Terada Kiyoyuki Tsutomu Yukawa* Jacques...
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training under Morihei Ueshiba, and that Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Koichi Tohei (and following Tohei's departure, Kisaburo Osawa) were largely responsible for the...
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shomen, which includes photos of Morihei Ueshiba, Koichi Tohei, and a large Ki symbol painted by Tohei himself. The Otas offered classes to children and...
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in this art after returning to the United States. The Aikido master Koichi Tohei visited Hawaii in 1953, and taught Aikido to the first American pupils...
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training, which already included then live-in students Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Koichi Tohei, and Tadashi Abe. This early training was quite brutal, but after persevering...
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Dojo and the head instructor Koichi Tohei, starting with the death of Morihei Ueshiba in 1969 and culminating in Tohei's departure from the Aikikai in...
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by his grandfather. His father was instrumental in helping to bring Koichi Tohei to Hawaii in order to introduce the art to the United States in 1953...
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also attended the daily classes of Mitsugi Saotome, Akira Tohei, Yasuo Kobayashi, Tohei Koichi, Kisshōmaru Ueshiba and Morihiro Saito. Toshirô Suga arrived...
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found Seidokan Aikido), and Koichi Tohei, head instructor of Aikido World Headquarters in Japan, receiving 4th dan from Tohei in 1977. With the support...
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qualities to express themselves in living. Hiroshi Tada Masatomi Ikeda Kōichi Tōhei Sawai Atsuhiro Dynamic meditation Ki Aikido Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English...
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hall (shomen) is a calligraphy scroll of a poem written and brushed by Koichi Tohei. It reads, "信奉宇宙霊感応即現成." David Shaner translated the individual words...
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26, 1969 – January 4, 1999 Succeeded by Moriteru Ueshiba Preceded by Koichi Tohei (de facto) de jure Dōjōchō of Aikikai Hombu Dōjō 1969-1989 Succeeded by...
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'taught' in our western understanding was Koichi Tohei who had been to Hawaii and parts of the United States. Koichi Tohei was the only sensei who gave lessons...
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In 1962, he went to the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Japan to train under Koichi Tohei. Doran, along with Robert Nadeau and Patricia Hendricks, founded the...
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