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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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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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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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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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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Kenji Shimizu (redirect from Tendo-ryu Aikido)
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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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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Aikidō S. A. (合気道S.A.) also known as Shoot Aikido (シュート・アイキドウ, Shūto aikidou) is a Japanese martial art. It was founded by Fumio Sakurai (currently Aikido...
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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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Morihei Ueshiba (section Development of aikido)
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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Shoji Nishio (redirect from Nishio Aikido)
2005) was a Japanese aikido practitioner and innovator. He held the rank of 8th dan shihan from the Aikikai. He was a student of Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba...
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Aikido concepts are ideas that form the philosophical or technical basis of the Japanese martial art aikido. Aiki (合氣) means the defender blends without...
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Gozo Shioda (section Aikido career)
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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Kisshomaru Ueshiba (section Aikido career)
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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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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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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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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Koretoshi Maruyama (section Aikido)
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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William Gleason (aikidoka) (redirect from Shobu Aikido)
books about aikido, spirituality and kototama. He holds the rank of 7th dan in aikido and is the founder and head instructor of Shobu Aikido in Somerville...
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Real Aikido (Serbian: Реални аикидо, Realni aikido) is a martial art developed by Ljubomir Vračarević, a self-defence instructor from Serbia. It is a...
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Robert Nadeau (aikidoka) (redirect from Robert Nadeau (aikido teacher))
Robert Nadeau (born March 10, 1937) is an American aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan and master teacher(Shihan) in the Aikikai. He is well known...
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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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of Tomiki Aikido, karate, and judo, and the founder of Kokushi-ryu jujutsu. He is a 10th dan in jujutsu, 9th dan in judo, 7th dan in aikido, and 7th dan...
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Verbal self-defense (redirect from Verbal Aikido)
Verbal self-defense or verbal aikido is the art of using one's words to prevent, de-escalate, or end an attempted verbal or physical assault. It is a way...
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Robert Mustard (section Yoshinkan Aikido training)
Robert Mustard (May 19, 1956, in Toronto, Canada) is a teacher of Yoshinkan Aikido. He is currently ranked 8th Dan, Shihan. Born in Toronto on May 19, 1956...
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Aikido Toho Iaido, sometimes referred as Nishio-ryu Iaido, is a style created by Shoji Nishio, a prolific Aikido practitioner. Its katas consist of 15...
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Kazuo Chiba (section Aikido Style)
(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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Hitohiro Saito (section Aikido style)
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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